Manuela Henkel

Manuela Henkel
Medal record

Women's cross country skiing
Olympic Games
	2002 Salt Lake City	4 × 5 km
World Championships
	2003 Val di Fiemme	4 x 5 km

Manuela Henkel, Tour de Ski, Praha 2007

Manuela Henkel (born December 4, 1974 in Neuhaus am Rennweg, Thuringia) is a German cross-country skier who has competed since 1994. She won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km 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 x 5 km 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.

External links

Manuela Henkel at the International Ski Federation
Official website (English) (German)

Olympic champions in women's cross-country skiing 3/4 x 5 km relay

3 x 5 km	1956: Finland Sirkka Polkunen Mirja Hietamies Siiri Rantanen 1960: Sweden Irma Johansson Britt Strandberg Sonja Ruthström-Edström 1964: Soviet Union Alevtina Kolchina Yevdokiya Mekshilo Klavdiya Boyarskikh 1968: Norway Inger Aufles Babben Enger-Damon Berit Mørdre Lammedal 1972: Soviet Union Lyubov Mukhachyova Alevtina Olyunina Galina Kulakova

4 x 5 km	1976: Soviet Union Nina Baldycheva Zinaida Amosova Raisa Smetanina Galina Kulakova 1980: East Germany Marlies Rostock Carola Anding Veronika Hesse Barbara Petzold 1984: Norway Inger Helene Nybråten Anne Jahren Britt Pettersen Berit Aunli 1988: Soviet Union Svetlana Nageykina Nina Gavrilyuk Tamara Tikhonova Anfisa Reztsova 1992: Unified Team Yelena Välbe Raisa Smetanina Larisa Lazutina Lyubov Yegorova 1994: Russia Yelena Välbe Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavrilyuk Lyubov Yegorova 1998: Russia Nina Gavrilyuk Olga Danilova Yelena Välbe Larisa Lazutina 2002: Germany Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Claudia Künzel Evi Sachenbacher 2006: Russia Natalia Baranova-Masalkina Larisa Kurkina Yuliya Chepalova Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova 2010: Norway Vibeke Skofterud Therese Johaug Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen 2014: Sweden Ida Ingemarsdotter Emma Wikén Anna Haag Charlotte Kalla

World champions in women's cross-country skiing 3/4 x 5 km relay

3 x 5 km	1954: Soviet Union Lyubov Kozyreva Margarita Maslennikova Valentina Tsaryova 1958: Soviet Union Radya Yeroshina Alevtina Kolchina Lyubov Kozyreva 1962: Soviet Union Lyubov Baranova Maria Gusakova Alevtina Kolchina 1966: Soviet Union Klavdiya Boyarskikh Rita Achkina Alevtina Kolchina 1970: Soviet Union Nina Baldycheva Galina Kulakova Alevtina Olyunina

4 x 5 km	1974: Soviet Union Nina Baldycheva Nina Selyunina Raisa Smetanina Galina Kulakova 1978: Finland Taina Impiö Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen Hilkka Riihivuori Helena Takalo 1982: Norway Anette Bøe Inger Helene Nybråten Berit Aunli Britt Pettersen 1985: Soviet Union Tamara Tikhonova Raisa Smetanina Liliya Vasilchenko Anfisa Romanova 1987: Soviet Union Antonina Ordina Nina Gavrilyuk Larisa Ptistyna Anfisa Reztsova 1989: Finland Pirkko Määttä Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Jaana Savolainen Marjo Matikainen 1991: Soviet Union Lyubov Yegorova Raisa Smetanina Tamara Tikhonova Yelena Välbe 1993: Russia Yelena Välbe Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavrilyuk Lyubov Yegorova 1995: Russia Olga Danilova Yelena Välbe Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavrilyuk 1997: Russia Olga Danilova Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavrilyuk Yelena Välbe 1999: Russia Olga Danilova Larisa Lazutina Anfisa Reztsova Nina Gavrilyuk 2001: Russia Olga Danilova Larisa Lazutina Yuliya Chepalova Nina Gavrilyuk 2003: Germany Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Claudia Künzel Evi Sachenbacher 2005: Norway Vibeke Skofterud Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen 2007: Finland Virpi Kuitunen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Riitta-Liisa Roponen Pirjo Manninen 2009: Finland Pirjo Muranen Virpi Kuitunen Riitta-Liisa Roponen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 2011: Norway Vibeke Skofterud Therese Johaug Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen 2013: Norway Heidi Weng Therese Johaug Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen 2015: Norway Heidi Weng Therese Johaug Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Marit Bjørgen

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