- Andrea Henkel
Andrea Henkel (born
December 10 ,1977 , inIlmenau ) is a German biathlete and the younger sister ofManuela 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 when women's biathlon became an Olympic sport.cite web | url = http://www.andrea-henkel.de/andrea2.htm | title = Wie alles begann | work = andrea-henkel.de | accessdate = 2008-02-10]Since the 1998/99 season, she is a regular member of the German team in the
Biathlon World Cup . After several top-ten results, she could win her first World Cup event in 1999, her second year. She was most successful in the 2006/07 season, which she finished first in the overall standings.Henkel has won three Olympic medals: one gold medal at the
2002 Winter Olympics in the 15 km individual, and a gold (2002) and silver (2006) medal in mass relay competitions. She is also the first biathlete to become world champion in each individual event: 2005 in the 15 km individual, 2007 in the 12.5 km mass start, and 2008 in the 7.5 km sprint and subsequent 10 km pursuit. [cite news | url = http://sport.zdf.de/ZDFsport/inhalt/16/0,5676,7157968,00.html | title = Henkel schafft Doublendash Wolf gewinnt Bronze | publisher = ZDF | language = German | date = 2008-02-10] She has won a total of six gold and three silver medals at world championships.Achievements
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Winter Olympics
** 2002 2x Gold (Individual, Relay)
** 2006 1x Silver (Relay)*
Biathlon World Championships
** 2000 1x Silver (Relay)
** 2001 1x Silver (Relay)
** 2005 1x Gold (Individual), 1x Silver (Relay)
** 2007 2x Gold (Mass Start, Relay)
** 2008 3x Gold (Sprint, Pursuit, Relay)* Biathlon Overall World Cup
** 1x overall winner (2006-07)
** 3x best german athlete in the Overall World Cup (5th in 199-00 and 2000-01; 1st in 2006-07)* Biathlon discipline World Cup
** 1x Individual discipline World Cup winner (2006-07)* race victories in
Biathlon World Cup ¹
** 4x Individual victories
** 3x Sprint victories
** 4x Pursuit victories
** 3x Mass Start victories
** 14x Relay victories(¹ race victories in Olympic Games and World Championships are included)
References
*cite web | url = http://data.biathlonworld.com/data/archives.aspx?IbuId=BTGER21012197701 | title = IBU Profile of Andrea Henkel | publisher = International Biathlon Union | accessdate = 2008-01-25
External links
* [http://www.andrea-henkel.de/ Official website of Andrea Henkel]
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