Heike Henkel

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Medal record

Heike Henkel
Women's athletics
Competitor for  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold 1992 Barcelona High jump
World Championships
Gold 1991 Tokyo High jump
World Indoor Championships
Gold 1991 Sevilla High jump

Heike Henkel (born Heike Redetzky on May 5, 1964 in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein) is a German former athlete competing in high jump. She won the high jump gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

She was very successful at the Hochsprung mit Musik meeting, taking the title three times consecutively from 1991 to 1993 and securing a record fourth win in 1995.

From 1989 to 2001, she was married to swimmer Rainer Henkel. On April 30, 2004 she married decathlete Paul Meier.

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Awards
Preceded by
Jamaica Merlene Ottey
Women's Track & Field Athlete of the Year
1991
Succeeded by
Germany Heike Drechsler
Preceded by
Germany Katrin Krabbe
German Sportswoman of the Year
1992
Succeeded by
Germany Franziska van Almsick
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Soviet Union Yelena Yelesina
Women's High Jump Best Year Performance
1991
Succeeded by
Bulgaria Stefka Kostadinova



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