Jens-Peter Herold

Jens-Peter Herold (center) at the GDR championships in 1987

Jens-Peter Herold (born June 2, 1965 in Neuruppin ) is a former German athlete who won the bronze medal in the 1,500 meter run for the GDR at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul , for which he was awarded the Bronze Patriotic Order of Merit .

Career

Jens-Peter Herold started for ASK Vorwärts Potsdam (trainer: Bernd Dießner ), after the end of the GDR for SC Neubrandenburg and SC Charlottenburg . With a height of 1.76 m, he had a competition weight of 64 kg. Jens-Peter Herold has lived in Neuruppin since the end of his sports career and works as a trainer.

Further successes in the 1500 meter run

1987 Second at the European Indoor Championships in Lievin , sixth at the World Championships in Rome
1990 European indoor champion in Glasgow , European champion in Split
1991 fourth at the World Championships in Tokyo
1992 participant in the Olympic Games in Barcelona : sixth place in the 1500 meter run

Specialty

Herold awarded a better placement in the 1500 meter run at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo , when he braked a few meters before the finish in the feeling of a secure bronze medal and was overtaken by his teammate Hauke Fuhlbrügge .

Individual evidence

↑ Neues Deutschland , 12./13. November 1988, p. 4
↑ IAAF athlete profile

personal data
SURNAME	Herold, Jens-Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German athlete and Olympic medalist
DATE OF BIRTH	June 2, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH	Neuruppin

[1] Neues Deutschland , 12./13. November 1988, p. 4

[2] IAAF athlete profile