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.

Henze also 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.

On 12 August 2016, Henze suffered serious head injuries after a car crash in Rio de Janeiro, while being there as a coach during the 2016 Summer Olympic Games and died three days later.