# Olaf Prenzler

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East German sprinter (born 1958)

Olaf Prenzler Prenzler in 1978 Medal record Men's athletics Representing East Germany European Championships 1982 Athens 200 m 1978 Prague 200 m 1978 Prague 4×100 m 1982 Athens 4×100 m

**Olaf Prenzler** (born 2 April 1958) is an [East German](/source/East_Germany) former sprinter who specialised in the [100](/source/100_metres) and [200 metres](/source/200_metres).

## Career

Prenzler was born in 1958 in Kästorf near [Gifhorn](/source/Gifhorn) in Lower Saxony, Germany.[1] 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 Championships](/source/1978_European_Athletics_Championships) he won silver medals in the 200 metres and in the [4 × 100 metres relay](/source/4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay), the latter with teammates [Manfred Kokot](/source/Manfred_Kokot), [Eugen Ray](/source/Eugen_Ray) and [Alexander Thieme](/source/Alexander_Thieme).

He participated in the [1980 Summer Olympics](/source/1980_Summer_Olympics), in the [200 metres](/source/Athletics_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_200_metres) but was eliminated in the semi-finals.[1]

At the [1982 European Championships](/source/1982_European_Athletics_Championships) he won the Gold in the 200 metres. In the 4 × 100 metres relay he won a silver medal with teammates [Thomas Munkelt](/source/Thomas_Munkelt), [Detlef Kübeck](/source/Detlef_K%C3%BCbeck) and [Frank Emmelmann](/source/Frank_Emmelmann).

He won a silver medal in 200 m at the [1985 European Indoor Championships](/source/1985_European_Indoor_Championships_in_Athletics).

At the [1986 European Championships](/source/1986_European_Athletics_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](/source/Thomas_Schr%C3%B6der), [Steffen Bringmann](/source/Steffen_Bringmann) and Frank Emmelmann.

He represented the sports team [SC Magdeburg](/source/SC_Magdeburg) and became East German champion in 1978 (200 m), 1979 (100 m) and 1983 (200 m).[2] In July 1982 he helped established an East German relay record with 38.28 seconds.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-SR_profile_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-SR_profile_1-1) Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; [Mallon, Bill](/source/Bill_Mallon); et al. ["Olaf Prenzler"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200418023010/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/olaf-prenzler-1.html). *Olympics at Sports-Reference.com*. [Sports Reference LLC](/source/Sports_Reference). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/olaf-prenzler-1.html) on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [East German championships – men's sprints](http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/l/leichtathletik/hst/150.html)

v t e European Athletics Championships champions in men's 200 metres 1934: Chris Berger (NED) 1938: Tinus Osendarp (NED) 1946: Nikolay Karakulov (URS) 1950: Brian Shenton (GBR) 1954: Heinz Fütterer (FRG) 1958: Manfred Germar (FRG) 1962: Owe Jonsson (SWE) 1966: Roger Bambuck (FRA) 1969: Philippe Clerc (SUI) 1971: Valeriy Borzov (URS) 1974: Pietro Mennea (ITA) 1978: Pietro Mennea (ITA) 1982: Olaf Prenzler (GDR) 1986: Vladimir Krylov (URS) 1990: John Regis (GBR) 1994: Geir Moen (NOR) 1998: Douglas Walker (GBR) 2002: Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE) 2006: Francis Obikwelu (POR) 2010: Christophe Lemaitre (FRA) 2012: Churandy Martina (NED) 2014: Adam Gemili (GBR) 2016: Bruno Hortelano (ESP) 2018: Ramil Guliyev (TUR) 2022: Zharnel Hughes (GBR) 2024: Timothé Mumenthaler (SUI)

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