Stefan Henze


Stefan Henze 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, four silvers, and a bronze. 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

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
200128 Jul 2001Augsburg3rdC2
20033 Aug 2003Bratislava2ndC2
200430 May 2004Merano2ndC2
200516 Jul 2005Augsburg1stC2
20052 Oct 2005Penrith3rdC21
20063 Jun 2006Augsburg1stC2
20065 Aug 2006Prague2ndC21
20095 Jul 2009Bratislava3rdC2
200911 Jul 2009Augsburg1stC2
201027 Jun 2010La Seu d'Urgell3rdC2

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.