Elfi Zinn

{{short description|German middle-distance runner}}

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Elfi Zinn ({{nee}} Rost, born 24 August 1953 in Rathebur) is a German middle distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres.

She won the silver medal at the 1973 European Indoor Championships and the bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

In domestic competitions, she represented the sports club SC Neubrandenburg. She became East German indoor champion in 1973 and 1976.[http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/l/leichtathletik/hst/266.html East German indoor championships, women's 800 metres] – Sport-Komplett

Her personal best time was 1:55.60 minutes, achieved at the 1976 Summer Olympics. This places her third on the German all-time list, only behind Sigrun Wodars and Christine Wachtel.[http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf German all-time list (per September 2006)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704000000/http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf |date=4 July 2007 }}