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{{short description|German swimmer}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Rainer Henkel
| image =
| imagesize =
| nationality = German
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|02|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Opladen]], [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[West Germany]]
| height = {{height|m=1.98|precision=0}}
| weight = {{convert|85|kg|lb}}
| strokes = [[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]]
| club = SV Rhenania Köln 1919 eV
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[swimming (sport)|swimming]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{FRG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] | [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FINA World Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1986 World Aquatics Championships|1986 Madrid]]|400 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold|[[1986 World Aquatics Championships|1986 Madrid]]|1500 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1986 World Aquatics Championships|1986 Madrid]]|4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1982 World Aquatics Championships|1982 Guayaquil]]|4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1987 European Aquatics Championships|1987 Strasbourg]] | 1500 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold| [[1987 European Aquatics Championships|1987 Strasbourg]] | 4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1985 European Aquatics Championships|1985 Sofia]] | 1500 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1987 European Aquatics Championships|1987 Strasbourg]] | 400 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1985 European Aquatics Championships|1985 Sofia]] | 400 m freestyle}}
}}

'''Rainer Henkel''' (born 27 February 1964 in [[Opladen]]) is a retired [[Freestyle swimming|freestyle swimmer]] from [[Germany]], former [[1986 World Aquatics Championships|World]] and [[1987 European Aquatics Championships|European Champion]] in 1500 m freestyle. He also won the silver medal in the 4×200&nbsp;m freestyle relay for [[West Germany]] at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles]] and the bronze medal in the 4×200&nbsp;m freestyle relay for West Germany at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] in [[Seoul]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045008/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/rainer-henkel-1.html Rainer Henkel at Sports Reference] at Sports Reference</ref>

==Career==
At the [[World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]] Henkel won four medals: two golds in the 400&nbsp;m freestyle and 1500&nbsp;m freestyle in 1986, silver in the 4×200&nbsp;m freestyle, and bronze in the 4×200&nbsp;m freestyle. Furthermore, he won five medals at the [[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships]]: two golds in the 1500&nbsp;m freestyle and 4×200&nbsp;m freestyle in 1987, two silver medals in the 1500&nbsp;m freestyle in 1985 and the 400&nbsp;m freestyle in 1987, and one bronze in the 400&nbsp;m freestyle in 1985.

==Private life==
From 1989 to 2001 he was married to the former German high jumper [[Heike Henkel]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Footer World LC Champions 400m Freestyle Men}}
{{Footer World LC Champions 1500m Freestyle Men}}
{{Footer European Champions 1500m Freestyle Men}}
{{Footer European Champions 4x200m Freestyle Men}}

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[[Category:1964 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Leverkusen]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for Germany]]
[[Category:World record setters in swimming]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:German male freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:20th-century German sportsmen]]
[[Category:21st-century German people]]


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