Andrea Henkel

Andrea Burke (née Henkel; born 10 December 1977) is a retired German professional biathlete and the younger sister of Manuela Henkel, a successful cross-country skier. She trained at SV Großbreitenbach. Andrea Henkel started out as a cross-country skier but later specialised in biathlon when women's biathlon became an Olympic sport.

Since the 1998/99 season, she was a regular member of the German team in the Biathlon World Cup. After several top-ten results, she could win her first World Cup event in 1999, her second year. She was most successful in the 2006/07 season, which she finished first in the overall standings.

Henkel has won four Olympic medals: one gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in the 15 km individual, and a gold (2002), silver (2006) and bronze (2010) medal in relay competitions. She is also the first biathlete to become world champion in each individual event: 2005 in the 15 km individual, 2007 in the 12.5 km mass start, and 2008 in the 7.5 km sprint and subsequent 10 km pursuit. She has won a total of eight gold, six silver and two bronze medals at world championships. She retired from the sport at the end of the 2013/14 season.

Other Achievements

Biathlon Overall World Cup 1 × overall winner (2006–07) 5 × best German athlete in the Overall World Cup (5th in 1999-2000 and 2000–01; 1st in 2006–07; 2nd in 2010–11, 3rd in 2012–13) Biathlon discipline World Cup 1 × Individual discipline World Cup winner (2006–07) race victories in Biathlon World Cup1 4 × Individual victories 5 × Sprint victories 8 × Pursuit victories 5 × Mass Start victories 14 × Relay victories

(1 race victories in Olympic Games and World Championships are included)

Olympic Games

EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass StartRelayMixed Relay 2002 Salt Lake City Gold 25th 13th Gold 2006 Turin 4th – – 13th Silver 2010 Vancouver 6th 27th 10th 9th Bronze 2014 Sochi – 22nd 29th 17th 11th -

World Championships EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass StartRelayMixed Relay 1999 Kontiolahti – 12th 18th – – – 1999 Oslo 26th – – 20th – – 2000 Oslo 40th 8th 5th 16th Silver – 2001 Pokljuka 9th 11th 5th – Silver – 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk 16th – – – – – 2004 Oberhof 26th – – – – – 2005 Hochfilzen Gold – – 7th Silver – 2006 Pokljuka Not held in an Olympic season 10th 2007 Antholz-Anterselva 6th 23rd 10th Gold Gold – 2008 Oestersund 22nd Gold Gold 22nd Gold – 2009 Pyeongchang 10th 6th DSQ 5th Silver Bronze 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 46th 20th 4th 13th Gold Silver 2012 Ruhpolding 20th 34th 11th 12th Gold Bronze 2013 Nové Město na Moravě Silver 33rd 6th 13th 5th 13th

Individual victories 22 victories (5 Sp, 8 Pu, 4 In, 5 MS) Results are from IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

Personal life On 25 October 2014 Henkel married the American biathlete Tim Burke.