Andrea Burke,

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...

Henkel (born 10 December 1977) is a retired

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professional

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and the younger sister of

Manuela Henkel Manuela Henkel (born 4 December 1974 in Neuhaus am Rennweg, Bezirk Suhl) is a German cross-country skier who has competed since 1994. She won a gold medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Her best indiv ...

, a successful cross-country skier. She trained at SV Großbreitenbach. Andrea Henkel started out as a cross-country skier but later specialised in biathlon when women's biathlon became an Olympic sport. Since the 1998/99 season, she was a regular member of the German team in the

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. After several top-ten results, she could win her first World Cup event in 1999, her second year. She was most successful in the 2006/07 season, which she finished first in the overall standings. Henkel has won four Olympic medals: one gold medal at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

in the 15 km individual, and a gold (2002), silver (2006) and bronze (2010) medal in relay competitions. She is also the first biathlete to become world champion in each individual event: 2005 in the 15 km individual, 2007 in the 12.5 km mass start, and 2008 in the 7.5 km sprint and subsequent 10 km pursuit. She has won a total of eight gold, six silver and two bronze medals at world championships. She retired from the sport at the end of the 2013/14 season.

Other Achievements

* Biathlon Overall World Cup ** 1 × overall winner (2006–07) ** 5 × best German athlete in the Overall World Cup (5th in 1999-2000 and 2000–01; 1st in 2006–07; 2nd in 2010–11, 3rd in 2012–13) * Biathlon discipline World Cup ** 1 × Individual discipline World Cup winner (2006–07) * race victories in

¹ ** 4 × Individual victories ** 5 × Sprint victories ** 8 × Pursuit victories ** 5 × Mass Start victories ** 14 × Relay victories (¹ race victories in Olympic Games and World Championships are included)

Olympic Games

World Championships

Individual victories

''22 victories (5 Sp, 8 Pu, 4 In, 5 MS)'' :''*Results are from IBU races which include the

Biathlon World Championships The first Biathlon World Championships (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The number of events has grown significantly over the years. Beginning in 1984, women biathletes had their own World Championships, and fina ...

and the

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Personal life

On 25 October 2014 Henkel married the American biathlete Tim Burke.

References

External links

Official website of Andrea Henkel
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Henkel, Andrea 1977 births Living people People from Ilmenau People from Bezirk Suhl German female biathletes Sportspeople from Thuringia Olympic biathletes of Germany Biathletes at the 2002 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Biathlon World Championships medalists Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners Holmenkollen medalists 20th-century German women