Manuela Henkel


Manuela Henkel 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.

Olympic Games

Year Age 5 km
individual
10 km
individual
15 km Pursuit 30 km Sprint 4 × 5 km
relay
Team
sprint
199520205
1997223044406
1999242922
20012614104
20032818911Gold
20053011
2007329
20093424

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
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
3 2001–02 23 March 2002 Lillehammer, Norway58 km Mass Start CWorld Cup3rd
4 2002–03 6 March 2003 Oslo, Norway1.5 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
5 2002–03 11 March 2003 Drammen, Norway1.5 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
6 2003–04 16 December 2003 Val di Fiemme, Italy1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
7 2003–04 25 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

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammate
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
3 2002–03 8 December 2002 Davos, Switzerland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdBauer / Sachenbacher / Künzel
4 2002–03 19 January 2003 Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stBauer / Künzel / Sachenbacher
5 2002–03 26 January 2003 Oberhof, Germany6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup2ndKünzel
6 2002–03 23 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
8 2003–04 14 December 2003 Davos, Switzerland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndBöhler / Sachenbacher / Künzel
9 2003–04 11 January 2004 Otepää, Estonia4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndBauer / Sachenbacher / Künzel
10 2003–04 7 February 2004 La Clusaz, France4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndBauer / Reschwam Schulze / Künzel
11 2003–04 15 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
13 2004–05 12 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