Olaf Prenzler (born 2 April 1958) is an East German former sprinter who specialised in the

100 100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101. In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to de ...

and

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

Career

Prenzler was born in 1958 in Kästorf near Gifhorn in Lower Saxony, Germany. 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 he won silver medals in the 200 metres and in the

4 × 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the individu ...

, the latter with teammates Manfred Kokot, Eugen Ray and Alexander Thieme. He participated in the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

, in the

but was eliminated in the semi-finals. At the 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 Detlef Kübeck (born 22 February 1956 in Schwerin, Bezirk Schwerin) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. At the 1982 European Championships he won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Thomas ...

and

Frank Emmelmann Frank Emmelmann (born 15 September 1961 in Groß Börnecke, Saxony-Anhalt) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. Biography In 1981 he was 2nd in the European cup final in the 100 metres, to the 1980 Mos ...

. He won a silver medal in 200 m at the 1985 European Indoor Championships. At the 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 Thomas Schröder (born 23 August 1962 in Waren, Bezirk Neubrandenburg) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. Biography He won the 100 m at the 1979 European Junior Championships, and at the following Euro ...

, 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).East German championships – men's sprints
/ref> In July 1982 he helped established an East German relay record with 38.28 seconds.

References

1958 births Living people East German male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for East Germany European Athletics Championships medalists People from Gifhorn Friendship Games medalists in athletics Athletes from Lower Saxony SC Magdeburg athletes East German Athletics Championships winners {{Germany-sprint-bio-stub