This result places him fifth on the German all-time performers list, behind Thomas Wessinghage, Harald Hudak, Jens-Peter Herold and Dieter Baumann.
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In a race in 1994 he defeated the Olympic champion Fermín Cacho but finished seventh in the European Championships in Helsinki where Cacho won gold.
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Later that year, however, Stenzel won the silver medal at the IAAF World Cup behind Noureddine Morceli.
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He came second in the 1992 German championships behind Jens-Peter Herold thus qualifying for the Olympic 1500 metres competition where he went out before the final.
Rüdiger Stenzel | Rüdiger Grube | Ursula Stenzel | Rüdiger von der Goltz | Rüdiger Safranski | Rüdiger Nehberg | Rüdiger Abramczik | Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske | Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg |
The latter result places him tenth on the German all-time performers list, behind Thomas Wessinghage, Harald Hudak, Jens-Peter Herold, Dieter Baumann, Rüdiger Stenzel, Jürgen Straub, Willi Wülbeck and Andreas Busse.
This result places him sixth on the German all-time performers list, behind Thomas Wessinghage, Harald Hudak, Jens-Peter Herold, Dieter Baumann and Rüdiger Stenzel.