Heike is a given name of Germanic origin, most commonly but not exclusively female. The male form is Heiko. Notable persons with this name include: * Heike Blaßneck (born 1971), German hurdler * Heike Balck (born 1970), German high jumper * Heike Dähne (born 1961), German swimmer *

Heike Drechsler Heike Gabriela Drechsler (; ; born 16 December 1964) is a German former track and field athlete who represented East Germany and later Germany. One of the most successful long jumpers of all-time, she is a former world record holder and ranks ...

(born 1964), German track and field athlete * Heike Faber (born 1965), German television actress *

Heike Fassbender Heike Fassbender is a German mathematician specializing in numerical linear algebra. She is a professor in the Institute for Computational Mathematics at the Technical University of Braunschweig, and the president for the 2017–2019 term of the Ge ...

, German mathematician *

Heike Fischer Heike Fischer (born 7 September 1982 in Demmin) is a German diver. She and Ditte Kotzian won bronze for Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard. She and Kotzian had previously won a silver medal for divi ...

(born 1982), German diver *

Heike Friedrich Heike Friedrich (born 18 April 1970 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, Saxony) is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won two medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. At the age of 15, Friedrich won five gold medals in the 1 ...

(born 1970), German freestyle swimmer *

Heike Henkel Heike Henkel (; born Heike Redetzky on 5 May 1964) is a German former athlete competing in high jump. She was Olympic, World and European champion. She won the high jump gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Biography ...

(born 1964), German former athlete *

Heike Hennig Heike Hennig (born 8 November 1966) is a German dancer, choreographer and director of the opera and dance ensemble "Heike Hennig & Co". Life Heike Hennig had her first dance lessons at the age of 5 years in Leipzig of East Germany, studied moder ...

(born 1966), German choreographer and director *

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (21 September 1853 – 21 February 1926) was a Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate. He exploited the Hampson–Linde cycle to investigate how materials behave when cooled to nearly absolute zero and later to liquefy helium f ...

(1853–1926), Dutch physicist *

Heike Kemmer Heike Kemmer (born 24 April 1962 in East Berlin, East Germany) is a German equestrian who competes in the sport of dressage. She won team gold medals at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, as well as individual bronze in 2008. Sh ...

(born 1962), German equestrian gold medalist *

Heike Koerner Heike Koerner Romo is a Mexican retired backstroke swimmer. She represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest ci ...

(born 1973), Mexican backstroke swimmer *

Heike Langguth Heike Langguth (born 22 October 1979) is a German two times vice-champion in Muay Thai. Sports career Heike Langguth began her athletic career as a boxer and trained a little later in Weimar kickboxing. In 2004, she started at the 1 SSV Hall Field ...

(born 1979), German vice-champion in Muay Thai *

Heike Lätzsch Heike Wedekind née Lätzsch (born 19 December 1973 in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony) is a former field hockey striker from Germany, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She made her i ...

(born 1973), German field hockey striker *

Heike Lehmann Heike Lehmann (later Grund, now Weber, born 29 March 1962) is a female German former volleyball player who competed for East Germany in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. Lehmann was born in Neustrelitz Neustrelitz (; East L ...

(born 1962), German volleyball *

Heike Makatsch Heike Makatsch (; born 13 August 1971) is a German actress. She is known for her roles as Lisa Addison in ''Resident Evil'' (2002), Mia in ''Love Actually'' (2003), and as Liesel's mother in ''The Book Thief'' (2013). Early life Makatsch was bo ...

(born 1971), German actress *

Heike Meißner Brigitte Heike Meissner (german: Meißner, born 29 January 1970 in Dresden) is a retired German athlete. She competed mainly in the 400 metres hurdles, but also spent two seasons specializing in the 800 metres. Notable achievements include a silve ...

(born 1970), German athlete *

Heike Popel Heike Popel was an East German luger who competed during the 1980s. She won the silver medal in the women's singles event 1984 FIL European Luge Championships in Olang, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) ...

, East German luger *

Heike Rabenow Heike Rabenow is an East German canoe sprinter who competed in the early 1990s. She won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1990 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-c ...

is an East German sprint canoer *

Heike Riel Heike E. Riel (born 1971) is a nanotechnologist known for developing OLED displays. She works for IBM Research – Zurich, where she is Director of IoT Technology and AI Solutions, and Director of the Physical Sciences Department. Beyond her work ...

(born 1971), German nanotechnologies *

Heike Schulte-Mattler Heike Schulte-Mattler, née Schmidt (born 27 May 1958 in Oberhausen) is a German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She competed for West Germany in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, U.S. The United States of ...

(born 1958), German athlete *

Heike Schwaller Heike Schwaller ( Wieländer, born 24 July 1968) is a German-Swiss curler. Curling career Schwaller has played most of her competitive career for Germany. As a junior curler she competed at the European Junior Championships in 1985 and in 19 ...

(born 1968), German-Swiss curler * Heike Tischler (born 1964), German heptathlete *

Heike Warnicke Heike Warnicke (; Schalling, later Sinaki, born 1 June 1966) is a German former speed skater who competed in the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics. She was born in Weimar. In 1992, Warnicke won the silver medal in the 3,000 metres event as well a ...

(born 1966), German speed skater *

Heike Wezel Heike Wezel (born 19 October 1968) is a former German cross-country skier who competed from 1990 to 1994. Competing at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, she had her best career finish of eighth in the 4 × 5 km relay and her best indi ...

(born 1968), German cross country skier * Heike Wilms-Kegel (born 1952), physician

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