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Rainer Henkel

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Nationality
  
West Germany

Height
  
1.98 m

Sport
  
Swimming

Weight
  
85 kg

Name
  
Rainer Henkel

Strokes
  
Freestyle swimming

Role
  
Freestyle swimmer



Born
  
27 February 1964 (age 60) (
1964-02-27
)
Opladen, Nordrhein-Westfalen

Spouse
  
Heike Henkel (m. 1989–2001)

Olympic medals
  
Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

Similar People
  
Heike Henkel, Michael Gross, Paul Meier, Sven Lodziewski, Matt Biondi

Schwimm wm 1986 400m freistil finale sieger rainer henkel


Rainer Henkel (born 27 February 1964 in Opladen) is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay for West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

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At the World Championships Henkel won four medals: two golds in the 400 m freestyle and 1500 m freestyle in 1986, silver in the 4×200 m freestyle, and bronze in the 4×200 m freestyle. Furthermore, he won five medals at the European Championships: two golds in the 1500 m freestyle and 4×200 m freestyle in 1987, two silver medals in the 1500 m freestyle in 1985 and the 400 m freestyle in 1987, and one bronze in the 400 m freestyle in 1985.

From 1989 to 2001 he was married to the former German high jumper Heike Henkel.

Schwimm em 1987 1500m freistil rainer henkel


References

Rainer Henkel Wikipedia