Olaf Prenzler

{{Short description|East German sprinter (born 1958)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}} {{MedalTableTop|image=Olaf Prenzler (cropped).jpg|image_size=200px|caption=Prenzler in 1978}} {{MedalSport|Men's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{GDR}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[1982 European Athletics Championships|1982 Athens]]|[[1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1978 European Athletics Championships|1978 Prague]]|[[1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]}} {{MedalSilver|1978 Prague|[[1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4×100 m]]}} {{MedalSilver|1982 Athens|[[1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4×100 m]]}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Olaf Prenzler''' (born 2 April 1958) is an [[East Germany|East German]] former sprinter who specialised in the [[100 metres|100]] and [[200 metres]].

==Career== Prenzler was born in 1958 in Kästorf near [[Gifhorn]] in Lower Saxony, Germany.<ref name="SR profile" /> He was a European Junior silver medallist in the 100 metres in 1977. In 1979 he was the East German 100 metres champion; he also won the national 200 metres in 1978, and 1983.

Prenzler was the East German indoor 200 metres champion on three occasions.

At the [[1978 European Athletics Championships|1978 European Championships]] he won silver medals in the 200 metres and in the [[4 × 100 metres relay]], the latter with teammates [[Manfred Kokot]], [[Eugen Ray]] and [[Alexander Thieme]].

He participated in the [[1980 Summer Olympics]], in the [[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|200 metres]] but was eliminated in the semi-finals.<ref name="SR profile">{{Cite sports-reference |title = Olaf Prenzler |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/olaf-prenzler-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418023010/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/olaf-prenzler-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 18 April 2020 |access-date = 24 March 2019 }}</ref>

At the [[1982 European Athletics Championships|1982 European Championships]] he won the Gold in the 200 metres. In the 4 × 100 metres relay he won a silver medal with teammates [[Thomas Munkelt]], [[Detlef Kübeck]] and [[Frank Emmelmann]].

He won a silver medal in 200 m at the [[1985 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|1985 European Indoor Championships]].

At the [[1986 European Athletics Championships|1986 European Championships]] he finished sixth in 100 m and seventh in 200 m. He then won another silver medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay with teammates [[Thomas Schröder]], [[Steffen Bringmann]] and Frank Emmelmann.

He represented the sports team [[SC Magdeburg]] and became East German champion in 1978 (200 m), 1979 (100 m) and 1983 (200 m).<ref>[http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/l/leichtathletik/hst/150.html East German championships – men's sprints]</ref> In July 1982 he helped established an East German relay record with 38.28 seconds.

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