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)
YearAge5 km10 km15 kmPursuit30 kmSprint4 × 5 km relayTeam sprint
199823——N/a36—DNF—N/a5—N/a
200227—N/a18—20DNF15Gold—N/a
200631—N/a——N/a52—12——

World Championships

  • 1 medal – (1 gold)
YearAge5 km10 km15 kmPursuit30 kmSprint4 × 5 km relayTeam sprint
199520——N/a20———N/a5—N/a
19972230—N/a—4440—N/a6—N/a
199924——N/a29—22—N/a——N/a
200126—N/a——14CNX[a]104—N/a
200328—N/a—189—11Gold—N/a
200530—N/a——N/a—DNS11——
200732—N/a——N/a——9——
200934—N/a——N/a——24——

a. 1 Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

Season standings

SeasonAgeDiscipline standingsSki Tour standings
OverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprintTour de SkiWorld Cup Final
19952139—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a
19962237—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a
19972335—N/a43—N/a23—N/a—N/a
19982458—N/aNC—N/a51—N/a—N/a
19992528—N/a37—N/a17—N/a—N/a
20002626—N/a—3111—N/a—N/a
20012719—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a
20022818—N/a—N/a—N/a6—N/a—N/a
20032912—N/a—N/a—N/a4—N/a—N/a
2004301826—N/a—N/a9—N/a—N/a
2005314061—N/a—N/a21—N/a—N/a
2006322162—N/a—N/a5—N/a—N/a
20073333NC—N/a—N/a1644—N/a
2008343543—N/a—N/a27DNF—
2009355184—N/a—N/a34DNF50
201036NCNC—N/a—N/aNCDNF—

Individual podiums

  • 8 podiums – (8 WC)
No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
12000–0121 January 2001United States Soldier Hollow, United States1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
22001–0213 March 2002Norway Oslo, Norway1.5 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
323 March 2002Norway Lillehammer, Norway58 km Mass Start CWorld Cup3rd
42002–036 March 2003Norway Oslo, Norway1.5 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
511 March 2003Norway Drammen, Norway1.5 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
62003–0416 December 2003Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
725 January 2004Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy70 km Mass Start CWorld Cup3rd
82005–068 January 2006Estonia Otepää, Estonia1.0 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd

Team podiums

  • 2 victories – (2 RL)
  • 16 podiums – (13 RL, 3 TS)
No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammate(s)
12001–0210 March 2002Sweden Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdBauer / Künzel / Sachenbacher
22002–0324 November 2002Sweden Kiruna, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndBauer / Künzel / Sachenbacher
38 December 2002Switzerland Davos, Switzerland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdBauer / Sachenbacher / Künzel
419 January 2003Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stBauer / Künzel / Sachenbacher
526 January 2003Germany Oberhof, Germany6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup2ndKünzel
623 March 2003Sweden Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stBauer / Künzel / Sachenbacher
72003–0423 November 2003Norway Beitostølen, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndBöhler / Sachenbacher / Künzel
814 December 2003Switzerland Davos, Switzerland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndBöhler / Sachenbacher / Künzel
911 January 2004Estonia Otepää, Estonia4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndBauer / Sachenbacher / Künzel
107 February 2004France La Clusaz, France4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndBauer / Reschwam Schulze / Künzel
1115 February 2004Germany Oberstdorf, Germany6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rdKlaus
122004–0524 October 2004Germany Düsseldorf, Germany6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup2ndSachenbacher
1312 December 2004Italy Lago di Tesero, Italy4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndKünzel / Böhler / Sachenbacher
142005–0620 November 2005Norway Beitostølen, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndBöhler / Künzel-Nystad / Sachenbacher-Stehle
152006–0719 November 2006Sweden Gällivare, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndZeller / Sachenbacher-Stehle / Künzel-Nystad
162007–089 December 2007Switzerland Davos, Switzerland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndZeller / Sachenbacher-Stehle / Böhler

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