Rainer Pottel
[image:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-Z0524-012, Rainer Pottel.jpg|thumb|300px|Rainer Pottel on 24 May 1981 in Halle]
Rainer Pottel is a retired decathlete, who represented East Germany in the 1970s and 1980s. He had the best performance in the world in 1981, collecting 8,334 points at a meet in Birmingham, England. He is a three-time national champion for East Germany in the men's decathlon.