Rainer Tscharke (born 1 August 1942) is a German former

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player who competed for

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

in the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

and in the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972 ...

. He was born in

Babelsberg Babelsberg () is the largest quarter ('' Stadtteil'') of Potsdam, the capital city of the German state of Brandenburg. The affluent neighbourhood named after a small hill on the Havel river is famous for Babelsberg Palace and Park, part of the Pala ...

. In 1968 he was part of the East German team which finished fourth in the Olympic tournament. He played six matches. Four years later he won the silver medal with the East German team in the 1972 Olympic tournament. He played four matches.

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* * 1942 births Living people German men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for East Germany Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics 20th-century German people {{Germany-volleyball-bio-stub