Hans-Joachim Truppel (born 24 March 1951) is a German long-distance runner.

He competed in the marathon at the 1980 Summer Olympics where he finished in 11th place in a time of 2:14:55; like the winner Waldemar Cierpinski, he represented East Germany.

[1] The following year he won the Košice Peace Marathon in Czechoslovakia (today Slovak Republic) in a time of 2:16:58.

His big early victory took place eight years earlier, in 1973 at the Dębno Marathon (Poland) which Truppel won in a time of 2:16:08.

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