- Olaf Zinke
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Olympic medalist
Olaf ZinkeMedal record Men’s Speed Skating Gold 1992 Albertville 1,000 m Olaf Zinke (born 9 October 1966 in Bad Muskau, East Germany) is a former speed skater.
Olaf Zinke specialised in the 1,000 metres and 1,500 metres distances. In 1990, at a World Cup race in Helsinki he proved his skill at top level for the first time, finishing first in the 1,500 metres leaving Johann Olav Koss and Michael Hadschieff behind him, and the next day he won the 1,000 metres by outpacing Dan Jansen and Eric Flaim. He peaked again at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. Leaving the Korean Kim Yoon-man behind by 0.01 seconds, Zinke won the 1,000 metres race and thereby the Olympic gold medal.
Personal records
Distance Result Date Location 500 m 37.74 10 March 1990 Heerenveen 1,000 m 1:14.53 11 March 1990 Heerenveen 1,500 m 1:53.64 5 December 1993 Hamar 3,000 m 4:06.71 18 January 1992 Davos 5,000 m 7:04.23 25 March 1988 Medeo 10,000 m 15:00.6 26 March 1988 Medeo Big combination 165.219 26 March 1988 Medeo Small combination 165.248 25 March 1989 Medeo Sprint combination 151.880 17 March 1990 Inzell Zinke has an Adelskalender score of 163.073 points.
References
- Olaf Zinke at SkateResults.com
- Olaf Zinke at DESG (Deutsche Eisschnelllauf Gemeinschaft) (in German)
Olympic Champions in Men's 1000 m Speed Skating 1976: Peter Mueller · 1980: Eric Heiden · 1984: Gaétan Boucher · 1988: Nikolay Gulyayev · 1992: Olaf Zinke · 1994: Dan Jansen · 1998: Ids Postma · 2002: Gerard van Velde · 2006: Shani Davis · 2010: Shani DavisCategories:- 1966 births
- Living people
- People from Bad Muskau
- German speed skaters
- Olympic speed skaters of Germany
- Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in speed skating
- German Winter Olympic medalist stubs
- Speed skating biography stubs
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