Olaf Prenzler is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 100

100 metres

The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...

 and 200 metres

200 metres

A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...

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Career

He was a European Junior silver medalist in the 100 metres in 1977. In 1979 he was East German 100 metre champion, he also won the national 200 metres in 1978, and 1983.

He was also East German indoor 200 metre champion on 3 occasions.

At the 1978 European Championships

1978 European Championships in Athletics

The 12th European Athletics Championships were held from 29 August to 3 September 1978 in Prague, the capital city of Czechoslovakia.-Track:1971 |1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |-Field:1971 |1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |-Track:1971 |1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |...

 he won silver medals in the 200 metres and in the 4 x 100 metres relay

4 x 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 begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...

, the latter with teammates Manfred Kokot

Manfred Kokot

Manfred Kokot was an East German athlete, who won the silver medal in the 4x100m relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada...

, Eugen Ray

Eugen Ray

Eugen Ray was a former East German sprinter who ran in the 100 metres and 200 metres....

 and Alexander Thieme

Alexander Thieme

Alexander Thieme was an East German athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres.He competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Manfred Kokot, Jörg Pfeifer and Klaus-Dieter...

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He participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics

1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...

, in the 200 metres but was eliminated in the semi-finals, but was in the sprint relay team that finished 5th in the final.

At the 1982 European Championships

1982 European Championships in Athletics

The 13th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 September to 12 September 1982 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece.-Track:1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |1990 |-Field:1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |1990 |-Track:1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |...

 he won the Gold in the 200 metres. In the 4 x 100 metres relay he won a silver medal with teammates Thomas Munkelt

Thomas Munkelt

east jordans hamThomas Munkelt was an East German athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics....

, Detlef Kübeck

Detlef Kübeck

Detlef Kübeck 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 Munkelt, Olaf Prenzler and Frank Emmelmann. He also competed in the 200 metres, but did not reach the final...

 and Frank Emmelmann

Frank Emmelmann

Frank Emmelmann is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres....

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He won a silver medal in 200 m at the 1985 European Indoor Championships

1985 European Indoor Championships in Athletics

The 16th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens/Piraeus in Greece, in 1985.-Track:-Field:-Medal table:-External links:* at GBRathletics.com* at GBRathletics.com*...

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At the 1986 European Championships

1986 European Championships in Athletics

The 14th European Athletics Championships were held from 26 to 31 August 1986 at the Neckarstadion in Stuttgart, a city in West Germany.-Track:1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994-Field:1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994-Track:...

 he finished sixth in 100 m and seventh in 200 m. He then won another silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Thomas Schröder

Thomas Schröder

Thomas Schröder is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.He won the 100 m at the 1979 European Junior Championships, and at the following European Junior Championships in 1981 he won gold medals in both 100 m, 200 m and 4 x 100 metres relay.He competed at the...

, Steffen Bringmann

Steffen Bringmann

Steffen Bringmann is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.At the 1986 European Championships he won silver medals in the 100 metres and in the 4 x 100 metres relay, the latter with teammates Thomas Schröder, Olaf Prenzler and Frank Emmelmann...

 and Frank Emmelmann.

He represented the sports team SC Magdeburg

SC Magdeburg

SC Magdeburg is a German multi-sports club located in the city of Magdeburg, which offers athletics, canoeing, gymnastics, rowing, swimming and team handball. Historically, the club has also had a water polo section as well as a football section that was separated that as 1. FC Magdeburg in 1965...

and became East German champion in 1978 (200 m), 1979 (100 m) and 1983 (200 m). In July 1982 he helped established an East German relay record with 38.28 seconds.