| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men'sathletics | ||
Representing West Germany | ||
| European Indoor Championships | ||
 | 1976 Munich | 3000 m |
Ingo Sensburg (born 27 January 1949) is a German male formerlong-distance runner who competed forWest Germany in track events and themarathon.
FromBerlin and trained by Fred Behrnsen, he took his first international medal at the1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships where he was part of the bronze medal-winning West German medley relay team. He returned to the competition six years later and became the3000 metres champion on home turf inMunich.[1]
He achieved the majority of success inroad running. He took the first of his three victories at theBerlin Marathon in 1976 with a time 2:23:08 hours. He improved to 2:20:21 hours in winning theEssen Marathon later that year, then to 2:17:49 hours to top the podium inPorz the following April. Sensburg won the Berlin Marathon again in 1979 and had his fastest performance there (2:16:48) during his 1980 win. His record of three wins was finally bettered byHaile Gebrselassie, who completed four straight wins in 2009.[2] Sensburg was runner-up at theHamburg Marathon in 1981. The highlights of his later career were four straight wins at theBerlin Half Marathon from 1985 to 1988.[3]
Sensburg competed very frequently during his career at a local level and in 2012 he estimated that he had won 166 Berlin championship titles.[2] He continued running in his older years in themasters athlete categories. In the over-45s category he was world champion in the10,000 metres in 1995 and in the10K run in 1994.[4][5]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | European Indoor Championships | Vienna, Austria | 3rd | Medley relay | 6:19.6 |
| 1976 | European Indoor Championships | Munich, West Germany | 1st | 3000 m | 8:01.6 |
