Olaf Zinke

Olaf Zinke
	Zinke in 2010
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	9 October 1966 (age 58); Bad Muskau, East Germany
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Country	East Germany; Germany
Sport	Speed skating
Club	SC Dynamo Berlin
Turned pro	1983
Retired	1994
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	500 m: 37.74 (1990); 1000 m: 1:14.53 (1990); 1500 m: 1:53.64 (1993); 3000 m: 4:06.71 (1992); 5000 m: 7:04.23 (1988); 10 000 m: 15:00.6 (1988)
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing Germany
Olympic games

Olaf Zinke (born 9 October 1966) is a former speed skater.

Zinke specialised in the 1,000 metres and 1,500 metres distances. In 1990, at a World Cup race in Helsinki he proved his skill at top level for the first time, finishing first in the 1,500 metres leaving Johann Olav Koss and Michael Hadschieff behind him, and the next day he won the 1,000 metres by outpacing Dan Jansen and Eric Flaim. He peaked again at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. Leaving the South Korean Kim Yoon-man behind by 0.01 seconds, Zinke won the 1,000 metres race and thereby the Olympic gold medal.

Personal records

Distance	Result	Date	Location
500 m	37.74	10 March 1990	Heerenveen
1,000 m	1:14.53	11 March 1990	Heerenveen
1,500 m	1:53.64	5 December 1993	Hamar
3,000 m	4:06.71	18 January 1992	Davos
5,000 m	7:04.23	25 March 1988	Medeo
10,000 m	15:00.6	26 March 1988	Medeo
Big combination	165.219	26 March 1988	Medeo
Small combination	165.248	25 March 1988	Medeo
Sprint combination	151.880	17 March 1990	Inzell