Stefan Henze
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | German |
| Born |
3 May 1981 Halle, East Germany |
| Died |
15 August 2016 (aged 35) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Sport | |
| Country |
 Germany |
| Sport | Canoeing |
| Event(s) | Canoe slalom |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's canoe slalom | ||
| Representing Germany | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2004 Athens | C-2 |
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2003 Augsburg | C-2 |
| | 2003 Augsburg | C-2 team |
| | 2006 Prague | C-2 |
| | 2006 Prague | C-2 team |
| | 2009 La Seu d'Urgell | C-2 team |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2005 Penrith | C-2 |
| European Championships | ||
| | 2008 Kraków | C-2 team |
| | 2005 Tacen | C-2 team |
| | 2011 La Seu d'Urgell | C-2 team |
Stefan Henze (3 May 1981 – 15 August 2016) was a German slalom canoeist who began competing in the sport in the mid-1990s. He won the silver medal in the C-2 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens together with Marcus Becker.
Career
Henze won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (C-2: 2003), four silvers (C-2: 2006, C-2 team: 2003, 2006, 2009), and a bronze (C-2: 2005). He won a gold and two silvers in the C-2 team event at the European Championships.
His father Jürgen Henze is world champion in the C-2 team event from 1975 and his older half-brother Frank Henze is also a canoe slalom racer and multiple world championship medalist.
Death
On 12 August 2016, Henze suffered serious head injuries after a car crash in Rio de Janeiro, where he was a coach during the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, and died three days later.[1][2] 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.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Olympia 2016: Kanu-Trainer Henze lebensgefährlich verletzt". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ↑ "Olympia 2016: Der deutsche Sport trauert um Stefan Henze". DOSB online, Frankfurt am Main. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ↑ "Verstorbener Kanutrainer: Schwerkranke erhalten vier Organe Stefan Henzes". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ↑ Olivia Blair (18 August 2016). "German canoe slalom coach Stefan Henze who died in Rio saves four lives through organ transplants". The Independent.
External links
- 12 September 2009 final results for the men's C-2 team slalom event for the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. - accessed 12 September 2009.
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
- OSI-Lepzig.de profile(German)
- Sports-reference.com profile