Manuela Henkel (born 4 December 1974 in
Neuhaus am Rennweg
Neuhaus am Rennweg is a town in the district of Sonneberg, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated in the Thuringian Forest, 17 km north of Sonneberg, and 22 km southwest of Saalfeld. The former municipalities Lichte and Piesau
Piesau ...
,
Bezirk Suhl
The Bezirk Suhl was a district (''Bezirk'') of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Suhl.
History
The district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substituting the old German states. After 3 October 1990 i ...
) 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
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in
Salt Lake City
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. Her best individual finish was 12th in the Individual sprint at the
2006 Winter Olympics
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in
Turin
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. She is the older sister of
Andrea Henkel, a biathlete.
Henkel also won a gold in the 4 × 5 km relay at the
2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and earned her best individual finish of 9th in the 15 km event at those same games. She has won three individual races in her career, all under 5 km in 1995, 2000, and 2005.
Henkel's local ski club is the WSV
Oberhof.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the
International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
* 1 medal – (1 gold)
World Championships
* 1 medal – (1 gold)
:a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.
World Cup
Season standings
Individual podiums
* 8 podiums – (8 )
Team podiums
* 2 victories – (2 )
* 16 podiums – (13 , 3 )
References
External links
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1974 births
Living people
People from Neuhaus am Rennweg
People from Bezirk Suhl
German female cross-country skiers
Skiers from Thuringia
Olympic cross-country skiers for Germany
Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
20th-century German women