Andrea Henkel

Andrea Henkel, now Andrea Burke, is a retired German biathlete, born on 10 December 1977 and the younger sister of the cross-country skier Manuela Henkel. She trained at SV Großbreitenbach, began as a cross-country skier and specialised in biathlon when women's biathlon became an Olympic sport. A regular on the German World Cup team from 1998-99, she won her first World Cup event in 1999 and took the overall World Cup in 2006-07. Her four Olympic medals are a gold in the 15 km individual at the 2002 Winter Olympics, plus relay gold in 2002, silver in 2006 and bronze in 2010. She was the first biathlete to become world champion in each individual event, and she won eight gold, six silver and two bronze medals at world championships. She retired after the 2013-14 season and married the American biathlete Tim Burke in 2014.