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Olaf Zinke

1966 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Olaf Zinke is the 203rd most popular skater (up from 268th in 2024), the 6,037th most popular biography from Germany (up from 6,335th in 2019) and the 24th most popular German Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Olaf Zinke ranks 203 out of 483. Before him are Anni Friesinger-Postma, Martina Sáblíková, Oleg Vasiliev, Sylvia Albrecht, Evgenia Radanova, and Denis Ten. After him are Christopher Dean, Kamila Valieva, Sven Kramer, Yulia Lipnitskaya, Roman Kostomarov, and Scott Hamilton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Olaf Zinke ranks 637. Before him are Igor Trandenkov, Tory Burch, David Mackenzie, Rolf Järmann, Jean-Jacques Eydelie, and Fatma Şahin. After him are Conny Aerts, Peter Outerbridge, Meldrick Taylor, Adrienne Shelly, Neto, and Stefan Rehn.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Olaf Zinke ranks 6,040 out of 7,253. Before him are Andrea Jürgens (1967), Jörg Böhme (1974), Bernd Dittert (1961), Marius von Mayenburg (1972), René Adler (1985), and Cress Williams (1970). After him are Ramona Balthasar (1964), Andreas Umland (1967), Sandro Wagner (1987), Till Brönner (1971), Anja Kling (1970), and Julian Weigl (1995).

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Among SKATERS In Germany

Among skaters born in Germany, Olaf Zinke ranks 24. Before him are Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (1966), Claudia Pechstein (1972), Gabi Zange (1961), André Hoffmann (1961), Anni Friesinger-Postma (1977), and Sylvia Albrecht (1962). After him are Dagmar Lurz (1959), Robin Szolkowy (1979), Jacqueline Börner (1965), Heike Warnicke (1966), Daniela Anschütz-Thoms (1974), and Ingo Steuer (1966).

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