Manuela Henkel
German cross-country skier
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) .[ 1]
Olympic Games
World Championships
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
CNX [a]
10
4
—
2003
28
—
—
18
9
—
11
Gold
—
2005
30
—
—
—
—
DNS
11
—
—
2007
32
—
—
—
—
—
9
—
—
2009
34
—
—
—
—
—
24
—
—
a. 1 Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.
World Cup
Season standings
Season
Age
Discipline standings
Ski Tour standings
Overall
Distance
Long Distance
Middle Distance
Sprint
Tour de Ski
World Cup Final
1995
21
39
—
—
—
—
—
—
1996
22
37
—
—
—
—
—
—
1997
23
35
—
43
—
23
—
—
1998
24
58
—
NC
—
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
NC
—
—
16
44
—
2008
34
35
43
—
—
27
DNF
—
2009
35
51
84
—
—
34
DNF
50
2010
36
NC
NC
—
—
NC
DNF
—
Individual podiums
No.
Season
Date
Location
Race
Level
Place
1
2000–01
21 January 2001
Soldier Hollow , United States
1.5 km Sprint F
World Cup
2nd
2
2001–02
13 March 2002
Oslo , Norway
1.5 km Sprint C
World Cup
3rd
3
23 March 2002
Lillehammer , Norway
58 km Mass Start C
World Cup
3rd
4
2002–03
6 March 2003
Oslo , Norway
1.5 km Sprint C
World Cup
2nd
5
11 March 2003
Drammen , Norway
1.5 km Sprint C
World Cup
2nd
6
2003–04
16 December 2003
Val di Fiemme , Italy
1.2 km Sprint C
World Cup
3rd
7
25 January 2004
Val di Fiemme , Italy
70 km Mass Start C
World Cup
3rd
8
2005–06
8 January 2006
Otepää , Estonia
1.0 km Sprint C
World Cup
2nd
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 , Sweden
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
3rd
Bauer / Künzel / Sachenbacher
2
2002–03
24 November 2002
Kiruna , Sweden
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
2nd
Bauer / Künzel / Sachenbacher
3
8 December 2002
Davos , Switzerland
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
3rd
Bauer / Sachenbacher / Künzel
4
19 January 2003
Nové Město , Czech Republic
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
1st
Bauer / Künzel / Sachenbacher
5
26 January 2003
Oberhof , Germany
6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F
World Cup
2nd
Künzel
6
23 March 2003
Falun , Sweden
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
1st
Bauer / Künzel / Sachenbacher
7
2003–04
23 November 2003
Beitostølen , Norway
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
2nd
Böhler / Sachenbacher / Künzel
8
14 December 2003
Davos , Switzerland
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
2nd
Böhler / Sachenbacher / Künzel
9
11 January 2004
Otepää , Estonia
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
2nd
Bauer / Sachenbacher / Künzel
10
7 February 2004
La Clusaz , France
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
2nd
Bauer / Reschwam Schulze / Künzel
11
15 February 2004
Oberstdorf , Germany
6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F
World Cup
3rd
Klaus
12
2004–05
24 October 2004
Düsseldorf , Germany
6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F
World Cup
2nd
Sachenbacher
13
12 December 2004
Lago di Tesero , Italy
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
2nd
Künzel / Böhler / Sachenbacher
14
2005–06
20 November 2005
Beitostølen , Norway
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
2nd
Böhler / Künzel-Nystad / Sachenbacher-Stehle
15
2006–07
19 November 2006
Gällivare , Sweden
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
2nd
Zeller / Sachenbacher-Stehle / Künzel-Nystad
16
2007–08
9 December 2007
Davos , Switzerland
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
2nd
Zeller / Sachenbacher-Stehle / Böhler
References
External links
3 × 5 km
1956 : Sirkka Polkunen , Mirja Hietamies , Siiri Rantanen (FIN )
1960 : Irma Johansson , Britt Strandberg , Sonja Edström-Ruthström (SWE )
1964 : Alevtina Kolchina , Yevdokiya Mekshilo , Klavdiya Boyarskikh (URS )
1968 : Inger Aufles , Babben Enger-Damon , Berit Mørdre (NOR )
1972 : Lyubov Mukhachyova , Alevtina Olyunina , Galina Kulakova (URS )
4 × 5 km
1976 : Nina Baldycheva , Zinaida Amosova , Raisa Smetanina , Galina Kulakova (URS )
1980 : Marlies Rostock , Carola Anding , Veronika Hesse , Barbara Petzold (GDR )
1984 : Inger Helene Nybråten , Anne Jahren , Brit Pettersen , Berit Aunli (NOR )
1988 : Svetlana Nageykina , Nina Gavrylyuk , Tamara Tikhonova , Anfisa Reztsova (URS )
1992 : Yelena Välbe , Raisa Smetanina , Larisa Lazutina , Lyubov Yegorova (EUN )
1994 : Yelena Välbe , Larisa Lazutina , Nina Gavrylyuk , Lyubov Yegorova (RUS )
1998 : Nina Gavrylyuk , Olga Danilova , Yelena Välbe , Larisa Lazutina (RUS )
2002 : Manuela Henkel , Viola Bauer , Claudia Künzel , Evi Sachenbacher (GER )
2006 : Natalya Baranova-Masalkina , Larisa Kurkina , Yuliya Chepalova , Yevgeniya Medvedeva (RUS )
2010 : Vibeke Skofterud , Therese Johaug , Kristin Størmer Steira , Marit Bjørgen (NOR )
2014 : Ida Ingemarsdotter , Emma Wikén , Anna Haag , Charlotte Kalla (SWE )
2018 : Ingvild Flugstad Østberg , Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen , Ragnhild Haga , Marit Bjørgen (NOR )
2022 : Yuliya Stupak , Natalya Nepryayeva , Tatiana Sorina , Veronika Stepanova (ROC )
3 × 5 km
1954: Lyubov Kozyreva , Margarita Maslennikova , Valentina Tsaryova ,
1958: Radya Yeroshina , Alevtina Kolchina , Lyubov Kozyreva
1962: Lyubov Baranova , Maria Gusakova , Alevtina Kolchina
1966: Klavdiya Boyarskikh , Rita Achkina , Alevtina Kolchina
1970: Nina Baldycheva , Galina Kulakova , Alevtina Olyunina
4 × 5 km
1974: Nina Baldycheva , Nina Selyunina , Raisa Smetanina , Galina Kulakova
1978: Taina Impiö , Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen , Hilkka Riihivuori , Helena Takalo
1982: Anette Bøe , Inger Helene Nybråten , Berit Aunli , Brit Pettersen
1985: Tamara Tikhonova , Raisa Smetanina , Liliya Vasilchenko , Anfisa Romanova
1987: Antonina Ordina , Nina Gavrylyuk , Larisa Ptistyna , Anfisa Reztsova
1989: Pirkko Määttä , Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi , Jaana Savolainen , Marjo Matikainen
1991: Lyubov Yegorova , Raisa Smetanina , Tamara Tikhonova , Yelena Välbe
1993: Yelena Välbe , Larisa Lazutina , Nina Gavrylyuk , Lyubov Yegorova
1995: Olga Danilova , Yelena Välbe , Larisa Lazutina , Nina Gavrylyuk
1997: Olga Danilova , Larisa Lazutina , Nina Gavrylyuk , Yelena Välbe
1999: Olga Danilova , Larisa Lazutina , Anfisa Reztsova , Nina Gavrylyuk
2001: Olga Danilova , Larisa Lazutina , Yuliya Chepalova , Nina Gavrylyuk
2003: Manuela Henkel , Viola Bauer , Claudia Künzel , Evi Sachenbacher
2005: Vibeke Skofterud , Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen , Kristin Størmer Steira , Marit Bjørgen
2007: Virpi Kuitunen , Aino-Kaisa Saarinen , Riitta-Liisa Roponen , Pirjo Manninen
2009 : Pirjo Muranen , Virpi Kuitunen , Riitta-Liisa Roponen , Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
2011 : Vibeke Skofterud , Therese Johaug , Kristin Størmer Steira , Marit Bjørgen
2013 : Heidi Weng , Therese Johaug , Kristin Størmer Steira , Marit Bjørgen
2015 : Heidi Weng , Therese Johaug , Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen , Marit Bjørgen
2017 : Maiken Caspersen Falla , Heidi Weng , Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen , Marit Bjørgen
2019 : Ebba Andersson , Frida Karlsson , Charlotte Kalla , Stina Nilsson
2021 : Tiril Udnes Weng , Heidi Weng , Therese Johaug , Helene Marie Fossesholm
2023 : Tiril Udnes Weng , Astrid Øyre Slind , Ingvild Flugstad Østberg , Anne Kjersti Kalvå