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 (FIS).Olympic Games
- 1 medal –
| Year | Age | 5 km | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | Sprint | 4 × 5 km relay | Team sprint |
| 1998 | 23 | — | 36 | — | [Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 30 kilometre freestyle|] | 5 | |||
| [Cross-country skiing at the Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Winter Olympics|2002] | 27 | 18 | — | 20 | [Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 30 kilometre classical|] | 15 | Gold | ||
| 2006 | 31 | — | 52 | — | 12 | — | — |
World Championships
- 1 medal –
| 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 | — | — |
World Cup
Individual podiums
- 8 podiums –
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | |||||||||
| 1 | 2000–01 | 21 January 2001 |  Team podiums
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