Olaf Zinke, born on 9 October 1966, is a former German speed skater who specialised in the 1,000 metres and 1,500 metres. At a World Cup race in Helsinki in 1990 he won the 1,500 metres ahead of Johann Olav Koss and Michael Hadschieff, and the next day he won the 1,000 metres ahead of Dan Jansen and Eric Flaim. He peaked at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, where he won the 1,000 metres by 0.01 seconds over the South Korean Kim Yoon-man and took the Olympic gold medal. His personal records give him an Adelskalender score of 163.073 points.
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Born 9 October 1966 in Bad Muskau, Sachsen GER
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Olaf Zinke (born 9 October 1966) is a former speed skater
Competed In: 1992 Winter Olympics, Lead
He peaked again at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville
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