Peter Frenkel

Peter Frenkel

Peter Frenkel at the book presentation for the book The German question. Olympic controversies in the 1960s at the German Sports and Olympic Museum in 2018
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich 20 kilometre walk
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal 20 kilometre walk

Peter Frenkel (born 13 May 1939 in Eckartsberga) is an East German athlete who was one of the best 20 km race walkers in the world in the late 1960s and early 1970s.


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