Jens-Peter Herold
220px Jens-Peter Herold (middle) competing in 1987 |
||
Medal record | ||
---|---|---|
Men's athletics | ||
Representing East Germany | ||
Olympic Games | ||
Seoul 1988 | 1500 m |
Jens-Peter Herold (born 2 June 1965 in Neuruppin) is a retired German middle-distance runner who participated in several international championships in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
In the 1987 World Championships he came sixth over 1500 metres. The following year he won a bronze medal (finishing beind Peter Rono and Peter Elliott) at the Seoul Olympics and also ran a new German record for the mile run in 3:49.22 min. which is still unbroken (as of 2007).
In 1990 he won the European Championships double finishing first both indoor and outdoor over 1500 m. Herold was renowned for his finishing kick which secured him victories over potentially stronger competitors. However, in 1991 he lost an almost certain bronze medal at the World Championships in Tokyo on the finishing line. He was overtaken by his countryman Hauke Fuhlbrügge while Noureddine Morceli and Wilfred Kirochi won gold and silver.
In 1992 he came sixth in the Olympic final in Barcelona. In the same year he also set a new personal best of 3:32.77 minutes in Rieti. This result places him third on the German all-time performers list, behind Thomas Wessinghage and Harald Hudak.[1] Having qualified for the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart he injured himself in the heats.
He competed for the sports clubs ASK Vorwärts Potsdam, SC Neubrandenburg and SC Charlottenburg during his active career.
References
- Jens-Peter Herold profile at IAAF
- Pages with broken file links
- IAAF ID different in Wikidata
- 1965 births
- Living people
- East German middle-distance runners
- East German sportsmen
- German middle-distance runners
- Male middle-distance runners
- German male athletes
- Olympic athletes of East Germany
- Olympic athletes of Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- People from Neuruppin
- Sportspeople from Brandenburg
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for East Germany
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Germany