Jürgen Haase

Jürgen Haase (born 19 January 1945) is a former track and field athlete and Olympian, who, competing for East Germany, was among the world's best long-distance track runners in the 1960s and 1970s. Twice during this period, in 1966 and 1969, he was European champion in the 10,000 meters.

Haase won the British AAA Championships title in the 6 miles event at the 1967 AAA Championships.

Haase missed the 1972 Summer Olympics due to blood poisoning that he received after being injured by the spike of another runner at a competition in Paris.

After retiring from competitions in 1973, Haase was active in customer service and marketing of medical technology. He then graduated from the Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur und Sport (German College for Fitness Training and Sport) and became a coach at SC Dynamo Berlin. His trainees included Kathrin Weßel (bronze medalist in 10,000 m at the 1987 World Championships) and Detlef Wagenknecht (World Cup medalist in 800 m in 1981 and 1983). After the reunification of Germany, Haase worked at the Deutschen Leichtathletik-Verbandes (German Track Federation).

International races 1964, European Junior Championships: 1st place: 1500 m (3:52.4); 1st place: 3000 m (8:25.4) 1966, European Championships: 1st place: 10,000 m (28:26.0); 11th place: 5000 m (13:55.6 ) 1967, European Cup: 1st place: 10,000 m (28:54.2); 2nd place: 5000 m (15:27.8) 1968, Olympic Games: 15th place: 10,000 m (30:24.0) 1969, European Championships: 1st place: 10,000 m (28:41.6) 1970, European Cup: 1st place: 10,000 m (28:26.8) 1971, European Championships: 2nd place: 10,000 m (27:53.4)

East German championships 10,000 m: 1st place – 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972 and 1973 5000 m: 1st place – 1969, 2nd place – 1973 Cross-country running 12 km: 2nd place – 1966, 1st place – 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1972 3000 m indoor: 2nd place – 1965 and 1966, 3rd place – 1970

Records 10,000 m East German record: 28:12.6, 25 May 1966, Leipzig European record: 28:04.4, 21 July 1968, Leningrad East German record: 27:53.36, 10 August 1971, Helsinki 15 km road run GDR record: 43:45.2, 21 April 1974, Sachsenhausen (Current German Record as of November 2015) 20 km road run GDR record: 58:56, 1973 One hour run GDR record: 20,393 Meters, 6 May 1973, Dresden