| Sport: | Swimming |
| Club: | SC Magdeburg |
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Rainer Sternal is a German swimmer who won three medals in freestyle relay events at the European championships in 1981 and 1983. During his career he won five national titles: in the individual 200 m medley (1985, 1986), freestyle relay (1984), and medley relay (1982, 1986).