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{{short description|German speed skater}}
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{{Infobox speed skater
| headercolor    = #d7ecff
| name = Olaf Zinke
| image = Olaf Zinke (GDR).JPG
| caption = Zinke in 2010
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|9 October 1966}}
| birth_place = [[Bad Muskau]], [[East Germany]]
| height = {{convert|182|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|80|kg|0|abbr=on}}
| turnedpro = 1983
| club = [[SC Dynamo Berlin]]
| retired = 1994
| country = {{GDR}}<br />{{GER}}
| nationality = German
| pb = 500&nbsp;m: 37.74 (1990)<br />1000&nbsp;m: 1:14.53&nbsp;(1990)<br />1500&nbsp;m: 1:53.64&nbsp;(1993)<br />3000&nbsp;m: 4:06.71&nbsp;(1992)<br />5000&nbsp;m: 7:04.23&nbsp;(1988)<br />10 000&nbsp;m: 15:00.6&nbsp;(1988)
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[speed skating]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{GER}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Speed skating at the Winter Olympics|Olympic games]] }}
{{MedalGold  | [[1992 Winter Olympics|1992 Albertville]] | [[Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres|1000&nbsp;m]] }}
}}

'''Olaf Zinke''' (born 9 October 1966) is a former [[Speed skating|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 Korea]]n [[Kim Yoon-man]] behind by 0.01 seconds, Zinke won the 1,000 metres race and thereby the Olympic gold medal.

==Personal records==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Distance !! Result !! Date !! Location
|- align="right"
| 500 m || 37.74 || align="left" | 10 March 1990 || align="left" | [[Thialf|Heerenveen]]
|- align="right"
| 1,000 m || 1:14.53 || align="left" | 11 March 1990 || align="left" | [[Thialf|Heerenveen]]
|- align="right"
| 1,500 m || 1:53.64 || align="left" | 5 December 1993 || align="left" | [[Vikingskipet Olympic Arena|Hamar]]
|- align="right"
| 3,000 m || 4:06.71 || align="left" | 18 January 1992 || align="left" | [[Eisstadion Davos|Davos]]
|- align="right"
| 5,000 m || 7:04.23 || align="left" | 25 March 1988 || align="left" | [[Medeo]]
|- align="right"
| 10,000 m || 15:00.6&nbsp; || align="left" | 26 March 1988 || align="left" | [[Medeo]]
|- align="right"
| [[Samalog|Big combination]] || 165.219 || align="left" | 26 March 1988 || align="left" | [[Medeo]]
|- align="right"
| [[Samalog|Small combination]] || 165.248 || align="left" | 25 March 1988 || align="left" | [[Medeo]]
|- align="right"
| [[Samalog|Sprint combination]] || 151.880 || align="left" | 17 March 1990 || align="left" | [[Eisstadion Inzell|Inzell]]
|}

Zinke has an [[Adelskalender (skating)|Adelskalender]] score of 163.073 points.

==References==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080303074654/http://www.skateresults.com/skater/show/5094 Olaf Zinke at SkateResults.com]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060722213311/http://www.desg.de/skater.php?anzeige=skater&skater=487 Olaf Zinke at DESG (''Deutsche Eisschnelllauf Gemeinschaft'')] (in German)

{{Footer Olympic Champions 1000 m Speed Skating Men}}

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[[Category:Olympic speed skaters for Germany]]
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[[Category:Olympic medalists in speed skating]]
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[[Category:Speed skaters from Saxony]]
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