Olaf Zinke

{{short description|German speed skater}}

{{expand German|topic=bio|date=October 2022|Olaf Zinke}}

{{Infobox speed skater

| headercolor = #d7ecff

| name = Olaf Zinke

| image = Olaf Zinke (GDR).JPG

| caption = Zinke in 2010

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|9 October 1966}}

| birth_place = Bad Muskau, East Germany

| height = {{convert|182|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|80|kg|0|abbr=on}}

| turnedpro = 1983

| club = SC Dynamo Berlin

| retired = 1994

| country = {{GDR}}
{{GER}}

| nationality = German

| pb = 500 m: 37.74 (1990)
1000 m: 1:14.53 (1990)
1500 m: 1:53.64 (1993)
3000 m: 4:06.71 (1992)
5000 m: 7:04.23 (1988)
10 000 m: 15:00.6 (1988)

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's speed skating }}

{{MedalCountry | {{GER}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic games }}

{{MedalGold | 1992 Albertville | 1000 m }}

}}

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. Leaving the South Korean Kim Yoon-man behind by 0.01 seconds, Zinke won the 1,000 metres race and thereby the Olympic gold medal.