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Manuela Henkel
Henkel in the 2007–08 Tour de Ski
Country Germany
Born (1974-12-04) 4 December 1974 (age 49)
Neuhaus am Rennweg, Bezirk Suhl, East Germany
Ski clubWSV Oberhof 05
World Cup career
Seasons16 – (19952010)
Indiv. starts199
Indiv. podiums8
Indiv. wins0
Team starts47
Team podiums16
Team wins2
Overall titles0 – (12th in 2003)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Salt Lake City 4 × 5 km relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Val di Fiemme 4 × 5 km relay

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 individual finish was 12th in the Individual sprint at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. 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).[1]

Olympic Games

  • 1 medal – (1 gold)
 Year   Age   5 km   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
1998 23 36 DNF 5
2002 27 18 20 DNF 15 Gold
2006 31 52 12

World Championships

  • 1 medal – (1 gold)
 Year   Age   5 km   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
1995 20 20 5
1997 22 30 44 40 6
1999 24 29 22
2001 26 14 CNX[a] 10 4
2003 28 18 9 11 Gold
2005 30 DNS 11
2007 32 9
2009 34 24
a. 1 Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
1995 21 39
1996 22 37
1997 23 35 43 23
1998 24 58 NC 51
1999 25 28 37 17
2000 26 26 31 11
2001 27 19 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2002 28 18 6
2003 29 12 4
2004 30 18 26 9
2005 31 40 61 21
2006 32 21 62 5
2007 33 33 NC 16 44
2008 34 35 43 27 DNF
2009 35 51 84 34 DNF 50
2010 36 NC NC NC DNF

Individual podiums

  • 8 podiums – (8 WC)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1  2000–01  21 January 2001 United States Soldier Hollow, United States 1.5 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd
2  2001–02  13 March 2002 Norway Oslo, Norway 1.5 km Sprint C World Cup 3rd
3 23 March 2002 Norway Lillehammer, Norway 58 km Mass Start C World Cup 3rd
4  2002–03  6 March 2003 Norway Oslo, Norway 1.5 km Sprint C World Cup 2nd
5 11 March 2003 Norway Drammen, Norway 1.5 km Sprint C World Cup 2nd
6  2003–04  16 December 2003 Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy 1.2 km Sprint C World Cup 3rd
7 25 January 2004 Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy 70 km Mass Start C World Cup 3rd
8  2005–06  8 January 2006 Estonia Otepää, Estonia 1.0 km Sprint C World Cup 2nd

Team podiums

  • 2 victories – (2 RL)
  • 16 podiums – (13 RL, 3 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
1  2001–02  10 March 2002 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Bauer / Künzel / Sachenbacher
2  2002–03  24 November 2002 Sweden Kiruna, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Bauer / Künzel / Sachenbacher
3 8 December 2002 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Bauer / Sachenbacher / Künzel
4 19 January 2003 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Bauer / Künzel / Sachenbacher
5 26 January 2003 Germany Oberhof, Germany 6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd Künzel
6 23 March 2003 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Bauer / Künzel / Sachenbacher
7  2003–04  23 November 2003 Norway Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Böhler / Sachenbacher / Künzel
8 14 December 2003 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Böhler / Sachenbacher / Künzel
9 11 January 2004 Estonia Otepää, Estonia 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Bauer / Sachenbacher / Künzel
10 7 February 2004 France La Clusaz, France 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Bauer / Reschwam Schulze / Künzel
11 15 February 2004 Germany Oberstdorf, Germany 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 3rd Klaus
12  2004–05  24 October 2004 Germany Düsseldorf, Germany 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd Sachenbacher
13 12 December 2004 Italy Lago di Tesero, Italy 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Künzel / Böhler / Sachenbacher
14  2005–06  20 November 2005 Norway Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Böhler / Künzel-Nystad / Sachenbacher-Stehle
15  2006–07  19 November 2006 Sweden Gällivare, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Zeller / Sachenbacher-Stehle / Künzel-Nystad
16  2007–08  9 December 2007 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Zeller / Sachenbacher-Stehle / Böhler

References

  1. ^ "Athlete : HENKEL Manuela". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 3 February 2018.