Andrea Henkel

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Medal record
Women's biathlon
Olympic Games
Gold 2002 Salt Lake City 15 km individual
Gold 2002 Salt Lake City 4 X 7.5 km relay (with Germany)
Silver 2006 Torino 4 X 7.5 km relay (with Germany)
World Championships
Silver Biathlon World Championships 2000 (Oslo) 4 X 7.5 km relay (with Germany)
Silver Biathlon World Championships 2001 (Pokljuka) 4 X 7.5 km relay (with Germany)
Silver Biathlon World Championships 2005 (Hochfilzen) 4 X 6 km relay (with Germany)
Gold Biathlon World Championships 2005 (Hochfilzen) 15 km individual
Gold Biathlon World Championships 2007 (Antholz) 12.5 km Mass Start
Gold Biathlon World Championships 2007 (Antholz) 4 X 6 km relay (with Germany)
World Cup
Gold Biathlon World Cup 10 victories

Andrea Henkel (born December 10, 1977 in Ilmenau) is a German biathlete; the younger sister of Manuela Henkel, a successful cross-country skier. She trains at SV Großbreitenbach. Andrea Henkel started out as a cross-country skier, but later specialised in biathlon.

[edit] Achievements

  • Biathlon World Championships
    • 2000 1x Silver (Relay)
    • 2001 1x Silver (Relay)
    • 2005 1x Gold (Individual), 1x Silver (Relay)
    • 2007 2x Gold (Mass Start, Relay)
  • race victories in Biathlon World Cup¹
    • 4x Individual victories
    • 2x Sprint victories
    • 2x Pursuit victories
    • 2x Mass Start victories
    • 10x Relay victories

(¹ race victories in Olympic Games and World Championships are included)

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Olympic champions in 15km biathlon
1992: Antje Misersky | 1994: Myriam Bédard | 1998: Ekaterina Dafovska | 2002: Andrea Henkel | 2006: Svetlana Ishmouratova
Olympic champions in women's biathlon 4 x 6 km relay
(As 3 x 7.5 km) 1992 France Corinne Niogret, Véronique Claudel & Anne Briand
(As 4 x 7.5 km) 1994 Russia Nadejda Talanova, Natalia Snytina, Louiza Noskova & Anfisa Reztsova
1998 Germany Uschi Disl, Martina Zellner, Katrin Apel & Petra Behle
2002 Germany Katrin Apel, Uschi Disl, Andrea Henkel & Kati Wilhelm
(As 4 x 6 km) 2006 Russia Anna Bogaliy, Svetlana Ishmouratova, Olga Zaitseva & Albina Akhatova