Stefan Henze (3 May 1981 – 15 August 2016) was a German slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1996 to 2011.
Career Henze won a silver medal in the C2 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
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.
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.
World Cup individual podiums Total C2 3 3 4 10
SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 2001 28 Jul 2001 Augsburg 3rd C2 2003 3 Aug 2003 Bratislava 2nd C2 2004 30 May 2004 Merano 2nd C2 2005 16 Jul 2005 Augsburg 1st C2 2 Oct 2005 Penrith 3rd C21 2006 3 Jun 2006 Augsburg 1st C2 5 Aug 2006 Prague 2nd C21 2009 5 Jul 2009 Bratislava 3rd C2 11 Jul 2009 Augsburg 1st C2 2010 27 Jun 2010 La Seu d'Urgell 3rd C2
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. 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.
References
12 September 2009 final results for the men's C2 team slalom event for the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.- accessed 12 September 2009. DatabaseOlympics.com profile
OSI-Leipzig.de profile