Stefan Henze

Stefan Henze (3 May 1981 – 15 August 2016) was a German slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1996 to 2011.

Stefan Henze
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born(1981-05-03)3 May 1981
Halle, East Germany
Died15 August 2016(2016-08-15) (aged 35)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Country Germany
SportCanoe slalom
Event(s)C2

Career

Henze won a silver medal in the C2 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[1]

He also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (C2: 2003), four silvers (C2: 2006, C2 team: 2003, 2006, 2009), and a bronze (C2: 2005). He won a gold and two silvers in the C2 team event at the European Championships.[2]

His partner in the C2 boat throughout his career was Marcus Becker.

His father Jürgen Henze is world champion in the C2 team event from 1975 and his older brother Frank Henze is also a canoe slalom racer and multiple world championship medalist.[1]

World Cup individual podiums

Season Date Venue Position Event
200128 Jul 2001Augsburg3rdC2
20033 Aug 2003Bratislava2ndC2
200430 May 2004Merano2ndC2
200516 Jul 2005Augsburg1stC2
2 Oct 2005Penrith3rdC21
20063 Jun 2006Augsburg1stC2
5 Aug 2006Prague2ndC21
20095 Jul 2009Bratislava3rdC2
11 Jul 2009Augsburg1stC2
201027 Jun 2010La Seu d'Urgell3rdC2
1 World Championship counting for World Cup points

Death

On 12 August 2016, Henze suffered serious head injuries after a car crash in Rio de Janeiro, where he coached during the 2016 Summer Olympics, and died three days later.[3][4] Henze donated his organs. After he died, his heart, his liver and both of his kidneys were transplanted into seriously ill people in a hospital in Rio de Janeiro.[5][6]

References

  1. "Stefan Henze". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  2. "Stefan HENZE (GER)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  3. "Olympia 2016: Kanu-Trainer Henze lebensgefährlich verletzt". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  4. "Olympia 2016: Der deutsche Sport trauert um Stefan Henze". DOSB online, Frankfurt am Main. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  5. "Verstorbener Kanutrainer: Schwerkranke erhalten vier Organe Stefan Henzes". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  6. Olivia Blair (18 August 2016). "German canoe slalom coach Stefan Henze who died in Rio saves four lives through organ transplants". The Independent.
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