- Jens-Peter Herold
Jens-Peter Herold (born
June 2 ,1965 inNeuruppin ) is a retired German middle distance runner who participated in several international championships in the late 1980s and early 1990s.In the 1987 World Championships he came sixth over
1500 metres . The following year he won a bronze medal (finishing beindPeter Rono and Peter Elliott) at the Seoul Olympics and also ran a new German record for the English Mile in 3:49.22 min. which is still unbroken (as of 2007).In 1990 he won the European Championships double finishing first both indoor and outdoor over 1500 m. Herold was renowned for his finishing kick which secured him victories over potentially stronger competitors. However, in 1991 he lost an almost certain bronze medal at the World Championships in
Tokyo on the finishing line. He was overtaken by his countrymanHauke Fuhlbrügge whileNoureddine Morceli andWilfred Kirochi won gold and silver.In 1992 he came sixth in the Olympic final in
Barcelona . In the same year he also set a new personal best of 3:32.77 minutes inRieti . This result places him third on the German all-time performers list, behindThomas Wessinghage andHarald Hudak . [ [http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf Microsoft Word - Ewige DLV-Bestenliste.doc ] ] Having qualified for the 1993 World Championships inStuttgart he injured himself in the heats.He competed for the sports clubs
ASK Vorwärts Potsdam ,SC Neubrandenburg andSC Charlottenburg during his active career.References
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