Rainer Henkel is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4�200 m freestyle relay for West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. At the World Championships Henkel won four medals: two golds in the 400 m freestyle and 1500 m freestyle in 1986, silver in the 4�200 m freestyle, and bronze in the 4�200 m freestyle. Furthermore he won five medals at the European Championships: two golds in the 1500 m freestyle and 4�200 m freestyle in 1987, two silver medals in the 1500 m freestyle in 1985 and the 400 m freestyle in 1987, and one bronze in the 400 m freestyle in 1985. From 1989 to 2001 he was married to the former German high jumper Heike Henkel. 

February 27th, 1964 in Leverkusen (Age 60)