Name ? First name ? Age ? Size ? Weight ?
Henkel Andrea, 33, 1,58m, around 50kg
Where do you live ?
My hometown is Großbreitenbach, around 40km away from Oberhof, were I also have an apartment, because this is my trainingsplace. (…j’ai aussi un appartement à Oberhof car c’est mon site d’entrainement)
The top of your season ?
All the podium I had last season. (9)
The flop of your season ?
The individual races during Worldchampionchips in Khanty Mansiysk.
Who are your sponsors ?
Viessmann, E.ON, DKB, Rinn Beton- und Naturstein GmbH, Schär
The best race of your life ?
I think I had few races I can be very happy with. For example: 2002 my Olympic Gold race. 2005 my come back as World champion in Hochfilzen or the final race for winning the total world cup 2007, when I started with 5 penalty loops and still didn´t give up… Or 2008: two times World champion in a row without any mistake. (deux fois championnes du monde consécutivement)
Your main character trait ?
In sport I think, that I can be very hard to myself. (je suis très dure avec moi-même)
Your major flaw ?
Sometimes I´m little unpatient und unconcentrated.
Your motto ?
Who is fighting can loose, but who doesn´t fight lost already ! (celui qui combat peut perdre mais celui qui ne combat pas a déjà perdu)
Your biggest fear ?
That I get really sick, don´t have a good life because of it and die early. (tomber réellement malade et avoir une vie gâchée à cause de cela, mourrir prématurément)
What would you like to change in your physique ?
It wouldn´t hurt if I would be few centimeters taller. (quelques cm plus grande ce serait sympa)
What would you like to change in your sport ?
I would allowed one starter more for good nations and a more harder qualification for a woldcupspot for everyone. This would keep the number of members okay and we still would have very intresting races, maybe even more intresting ones. (J’autoriserai un skieur en plus au depart pour les grandes nations et des qualifications plus dures pour tout le monde. Ainsi on aurait toujours le même nombre de skieurs au départ mais un meilleur niveau)
How many true friends ?
I would say three, but I´d also say, that I know few people more I could count on in case.
With whom you will never go on vacation ?
More then I´d ever go with J
Your last three SMS sent? and received ?
The last one I got, was, that my sister tried to call me. Everything else is just my business ;)
Your favorite sportsman or sportswoman (any sport) ?
Tim Burke, but this has other reasons. J (le biathlete Américain est le petit ami d’Andrea Henkel)
The last movie you saw at the cinema ?
“Brautalarm” but I don´t have to watch it again.
The music you love ?
Depends on my mood. At the Moment I´m listening often « The XX » (cela depend de mon humeur)
What is a perfect saturday night for you ?
This can be very different, and the most perfect one is, when not every satuday night will be the same one. For example: at the 3rd of March 2012, my Saturday night would be great, If I would get a medal for World champion Sprint race in Ruhpolding. Sometimes I also enjoy to be by myself, sometimes just me and my boyfriend and other times I like to have a hole group of friends around me. I have a lot of ideas for perfect Saturday nights.
Your TV shows that you do not rats ?
“Verbotene Liebe” It´s a german one. But if I miss a week, its fine for me too.
Your favorite hobbies ?
I´d say my hobby is: finding everytime something to do. Later my hobby will be sport.
The dish that you love to cook ?
I like to try different meals, but most of the time they are very healthy but still very yummy. (J’aime different plats mais cela doit être sain mais aussi savoureux)
What is the perfect and ideal gift for you ?
More Time.
What is perfect happiness ?
Being healthy, having a nice family and good friends. When you can do what you like to do and can even earn your money with… - so it’s my life J
Your last vacation ?
Last spring in Lake Placid. You can read about it at my blog by www.biathlonworld.com
The biggest mistake you have done ?
I think mistakes are also important for a life. You can learn from them, or you should, and do it better the next time. You even can learn from mistakes somebody else did, but learning from own mistakes is much more effective. So: the biggest mistake you can do, is doing one two times, or think you are perfect and will never do a mistake. (Les erreurs sont importantes dans la vie, tu peux apprendre beaucoup d’elles et faire mieux la prochaine fois. La plus grosse erreur que tu peux faire c’est de faire la même deux fois)
So my most important mistake in sport I made after Olympic Games 2002. I was pretty busy with everything and because of this very tired at my training sessions… Now I´m even happy about this mistake, it helped me a lot to become better and stronger.
Your first car ?
Subaru Justy, darkgreen.
Your life after your sports career ?
I´ll talk about this, when time has come to talk about it.
Photos : Nordic Focus