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 ) No. Season Date Location Race Level Place1 2000–01 21 January 2001 Soldier Hollow, United States 1.5 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd2 2001–02 13 March 2002 Oslo, Norway 1.5 km Sprint C World Cup 3rd3 23 March 2002 Lillehammer, Norway 58 km Mass Start C World Cup 3rd4 2002–03 6 March 2003 Oslo, Norway 1.5 km Sprint C World Cup 2nd5 11 March 2003 Drammen, Norway 1.5 km Sprint C World Cup 2nd6 2003–04 16 December 2003 Val di Fiemme, Italy 1.2 km Sprint C World Cup 3rd7 25 January 2004 Val di Fiemme, Italy 70 km Mass Start C World Cup 3rd8 2005–06 8 January 2006 Otepää, Estonia 1.0 km Sprint C World Cup 2nd
Team podiums 2 victories – (2 ) 16 podiums – (13 , 3 ) 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 / Sachenbacher2 2002–03 24 November 2002 Kiruna, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Bauer / Künzel / Sachenbacher3 8 December 2002 Davos, Switzerland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Bauer / Sachenbacher / Künzel4 19 January 2003 Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Bauer / Künzel / Sachenbacher5 26 January 2003 Oberhof, Germany 6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd Künzel6 23 March 2003 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Bauer / Künzel / Sachenbacher7 2003–04 23 November 2003 Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Böhler / Sachenbacher / Künzel8 14 December 2003 Davos, Switzerland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Böhler / Sachenbacher / Künzel9 11 January 2004 Otepää, Estonia 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Bauer / Sachenbacher / Künzel10 7 February 2004 La Clusaz, France 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Bauer / Reschwam Schulze / Künzel11 15 February 2004 Oberstdorf, Germany 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 3rd Klaus12 2004–05 24 October 2004 Düsseldorf, Germany 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd Sachenbacher13 12 December 2004 Lago di Tesero, Italy 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Künzel / Böhler / Sachenbacher14 2005–06 20 November 2005 Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Böhler / Künzel-Nystad / Sachenbacher-Stehle15 2006–07 19 November 2006 Gällivare, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Zeller / Sachenbacher-Stehle / Künzel-Nystad16 2007–08 9 December 2007 Davos, Switzerland 4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup 2nd Zeller / Sachenbacher-Stehle / Böhler
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