Manuela Henkel

Manuela Henkel (born 4 December 1974) 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).

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 — 5 2002 27 18 — 20 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 10 4 2003 28 — 18 9 — 11 Gold 2005 30 —— 11 — — 2007 32 — — — 9 — — 2009 34 — — — 24 — —

a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprintTour deSkiWorld CupFinal 1995 21 39 1996 22 37 1997 23 35 43 23 1998 24 58 51 1999 25 28 37 17 2000 26 26 — 31 11 2001 27 19 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 16 44 2008 34 35 43 27 — 2009 35 51 84 34 50 2010 36 —

Individual podiums 8 podiums – (8 )

Team podiums 2 victories – (2 ) 16 podiums – (13 , 3 )