Heike Wezel 
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nation
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Germany Germany
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birthday
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19th October 1968
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place of birth
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Klingenthal
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| Career
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society
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SC Dynamo Klingenthal
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status
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resigned
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End of career
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1994
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| Medal table
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Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
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Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
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Debut in the Continental Cup
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5th December 1992
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1.
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3.
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COC individual race
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0
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2
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Heike Wezel (born October 19, 1968 in Klingenthal ) is a former German cross-country skier who mainly participated in competitions from 1988 to 1994.
Career
Wezel, who started for the SC Dynamo Klingenthal , became world champion with the GDR relay at the Junior World Championships in 1988 in Saalfelden and won the silver medal over 15 kilometers. A year earlier she won the silver medal with the relay at the Junior World Championships in Asiago . At the Winter Olympics in 1992 she had her best results with 17th place over 5 km classic and eighth place with the 4 × 5 km relay. The greatest success of her World Cup career was fourth place in a 10-kilometer competition in Norway in 1990. Her best placings at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun in 1993 were 39th place over 15 km classic and tenth place with the relay. In 1994 she won the American Birkebeiner .
Participation in World Championships and Olympic Games
Olympic games
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1992 Albertville : 8th place relay, 17th place 5 km classic, 19th place 15 km classic, 25th place 10 km freestyle pursuit, 32nd place 30 km freestyle
Nordic World Ski Championships
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1991 Val di Fiemme : 5th place in the relay
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1993 Falun : 10th place in relay, 39th place 15 km classic, 43rd place 30 km freestyle, 54th place 5 km classic
Web links
Individual evidence
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↑ WEZEL Heike - biography. Accessed August 21, 2017 .
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↑ American Birkebeiner winners list
