Manuela Henkel

Manuela Henkel (born December 4, 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.

Manuela Henkel
Henkel in the 2007–08 Tour de Ski
Country Germany
Born (1974-12-04) 4 December 1974
Neuhaus am Rennweg, Bezirk Suhl, East Germany
Ski clubWSV Oberhof 05
World Cup career
Seasons1995–2010
Individual wins0
Team wins2
Indiv. podiums8
Team podiums16
Indiv. starts199
Team starts47
Overall titles0 – (12th in 2003)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
2002 Salt Lake City 4 × 5 km relay
World Championships
2003 Val di Fiemme 4 × 5 km relay

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 
199823—N/A36—DNFN/A5N/A
200227N/A18—20DNF15GoldN/A
200631N/A—N/A52—12——

World Championships
  • 1 medal – (1 gold)
 Year   Age   5 km 
individual		  10 km 
individual		  15 km  Pursuit  30 km  Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
199520—N/A20——N/A5N/A
19972230N/A—4440N/A6N/A
199924—N/A29—22N/A—N/A
200126N/A——14CNX[a]104N/A
200328N/A—189—11GoldN/A
200530N/A—N/A—DNS11——
200732N/A—N/A——9——
200934N/A—N/A——24——
a. 1 Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

Season standings
 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint Tour de
Ski		 World Cup
Final
19952139N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
19962237N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
19972335N/A43N/A23N/AN/A
19982458N/ANCN/A51N/AN/A
19992528N/A37N/A17N/AN/A
20002626N/A—3111N/AN/A
20012719N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
20022818N/AN/AN/A6N/AN/A
20032912N/AN/AN/A4N/AN/A
2004301826N/AN/A9N/AN/A
2005314061N/AN/A21N/AN/A
2006322162N/AN/A5N/AN/A
20073333NCN/AN/A1644N/A
2008343543N/AN/A27DNF—
2009355184N/AN/A34DNF50
201036NCNCN/AN/ANCDNF—

Individual podiums
  • 8 podiums – (8 WC)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 2000–01 21 January 2001 Soldier Hollow, United States1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
2 2001–02 13 March 2002 Oslo, Norway1.5 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
323 March 2002 Lillehammer, Norway58 km Mass Start CWorld Cup3rd
4 2002–03 6 March 2003 Oslo, Norway1.5 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
511 March 2003 Drammen, Norway1.5 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
6 2003–04 16 December 2003 Val di Fiemme, Italy1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
725 January 2004 Val di Fiemme, Italy70 km Mass Start CWorld Cup3rd
8 2005–06 8 January 2006 Otepää, Estonia1.0 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd

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 Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdBauer / Künzel / Sachenbacher
2 2002–03 24 November 2002 Kiruna, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndBauer / Künzel / Sachenbacher
38 December 2002 Davos, Switzerland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdBauer / Sachenbacher / Künzel
419 January 2003 Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stBauer / Künzel / Sachenbacher
526 January 2003 Oberhof, Germany6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup2ndKünzel
623 March 2003 Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stBauer / Künzel / Sachenbacher
7 2003–04 23 November 2003 Beitostølen, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndBöhler / Sachenbacher / Künzel
814 December 2003 Davos, Switzerland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndBöhler / Sachenbacher / Künzel
911 January 2004 Otepää, Estonia4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndBauer / Sachenbacher / Künzel
107 February 2004 La Clusaz, France4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndBauer / Reschwam Schulze / Künzel
1115 February 2004 Oberstdorf, Germany6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rdKlaus
12 2004–05 24 October 2004 Düsseldorf, Germany6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup2ndSachenbacher
1312 December 2004 Lago di Tesero, Italy4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndKünzel / Böhler / Sachenbacher
14 2005–06 20 November 2005 Beitostølen, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndBöhler / Künzel-Nystad / Sachenbacher-Stehle
15 2006–07 19 November 2006 Gällivare, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndZeller / Sachenbacher-Stehle / Künzel-Nystad
16 2007–08 9 December 2007 Davos, Switzerland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndZeller / Sachenbacher-Stehle / Böhler

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