Manuela Henkel (born 4 December 1974 in

Neuhaus am Rennweg Neuhaus am Rennweg is a town in the district of Sonneberg, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated in the Thuringian Forest, 17 km north of Sonneberg, and 22 km southwest of Saalfeld. The former municipalities Lichte and Piesau wer ...

, Bezirk Suhl) is a German cross-country skier who has competed since 1994. She won a gold medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the

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. Her best individual finish was 12th in the Individual sprint at the 2006 Winter Olympics in

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. She is the older sister of

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-cou ...

, 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)

World Championships

* 1 medal – (1 gold) :a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

* 8 podiums – (8 )

Team podiums

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

References

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