Gabi Zange
Gabi Zange in 1981
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1 June 1961 Crimmitschau, Germany |
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| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Karl-Marx-Stadt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gabriele "Gabi" Zange (née Schönbrunn, born 1 June 1961) is a retired German speed skater who specialized in the long distances (3000 m and 5000 m), winning three Olympic bronze medals in these events in 1984 and 1988. In 1981 she won a European bronze medal in the 3000 m and later set a world record at the high-altitude rink of Medeo (3000 m, 4:21.70). In 1984, she won European championships, setting two world records, in the 5000 m (7:39.44) and allround, and finished third at the world championships. Next year she won a silver at the world championships, but then had no success until the 1987–88 season, when she set her fourth world record (4:14.76 in the 3000 m) and won two Olympics medals. She retired soon after the 1988 Olympics and worked as a physiotherapist.
Personal bests:
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