Jens-Peter Herold (born 2 June 1965 in

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) is a retired German

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who participated in several international championships in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In the 1987 World Championships he came sixth over

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. The following year he won a bronze medal (finishing behind

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and Peter Elliott) at the Seoul Olympics and also ran a new German record for the

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in 3:49.22 min. which is still unbroken (as of 2019). 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

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on the finishing line. He was overtaken by his countryman

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while

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and Wilfred Kirochi won gold and silver. In 1992 he came sixth in the

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final in

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. In the same year he also set a new personal best of 3:32.77 minutes in

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. This result places him third on the German all-time performers list, behind Thomas Wessinghage and Harald Hudak. Having qualified for the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart he injured himself in the heats. He competed for the sports clubs ASK Vorwärts Potsdam,

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and

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during his active career.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Herold, Jens-Peter 1965 births Living people East German male middle-distance runners German male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of East Germany Olympic athletes of Germany Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Neuruppin European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for East Germany World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)