Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich

Andrea Ehrig (née Mitscherlich, also known as Schöne, born 1 December 1960) is a retired East German speed skater. She was one of the world's best long-distance skaters in the 1980s. A four-time Olympian, she won seven Olympic medals, including gold in the 3000 metres (as Andrea Schöne) at the 1984 Sarajevo Games.

Andrea Ehrig
Competing as Andrea Mitscherlich in 1977
Personal information
Born (1960-12-01) 1 December 1960
Dresden, East Germany
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
SportSpeed skating
ClubSC Einheit Dresden
Medal record
Women's speed skating
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1984 Sarajevo3000 metres
Silver medal – second place1976 Innsbruck3000 metres
Silver medal – second place1984 Sarajevo1000 metres
Silver medal – second place1984 Sarajevo1500 metres
Silver medal – second place1988 Calgary3000 metres
Silver medal – second place1988 Calgary5000 metres
Bronze medal – third place1988 Calgary1500 metres
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1983 ChemnitzAllround
Gold medal – first place1985 SarajevoAllround
Silver medal – second place1982 InzellAllround
Silver medal – second place1984 DeventerAllround
Silver medal – second place1986 The HagueAllround
Silver medal – second place1987 West-AllisAllround
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1983 HeerenveenAllround
Gold medal – first place1985 GroningenAllround
Gold medal – first place1986 GeithusAllround
Gold medal – first place1987 GroningenAllround
Gold medal – first place1988 KongsbergAllround

Career

Ehrig was born Andrea Mitscherlich in Dresden, Saxony, East Germany. At the 1976 Olympics in Innsbruck, as a 15-year-old, she won a silver medal in the 3000 m event, just one one-hundredth of a second ahead of Lisbeth Korsmo who won bronze. At the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid she came fourth in the 3000 metres. Four years later at the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, competing under her first married name of Schöne, she won silver in both the 1000 and the 1500 m and became Olympic champion in the 3000 metres. In 1988, at her fourth and final Olympic Games in Calgary, competing as Andrea Ehrig, she won two more silver medals in the long distances, and a bronze medal in the 1500 metres.[1] She became European champion five times[2] and World Champion twice, in 1983 and 1985.[3] Between 1983 and 1987 she set 10 world records in 1500–10,000 m events.[4]

Ehrig was married twice. After the 1980 Winter Olympics, she married the rower Ingolf Schöne and towards the end of that year, it was announced that she was expecting their child.[5] She married a second time in 1985 to fellow Olympic speed skater Andreas Ehrig.[1]

Personal bests:[1]

  • 500 m – 40.71 (1988)
  • 1000 m – 1:19.32 (1988)
  • 1500 m – 2:01.00 (1986)
  • 3000 m – 4:12.09 (1988)
  • 5000 m – 7:17.12 (1988)

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  2. "List of medalwinners in the European allround championships for women at www.isu.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  3. List of edalwinners at the World allround championships Archived 25 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine at www.isu.org
  4. Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich. SpeedSkatingNews.info
  5. "Vor zwei Wochen begann in Berlin die „Eiszeit"" [Two weeks ago the "Ice Age" began in Berlin]. Neues Deutschland (in German). Vol. 35, no. 264. 8 November 1980. p. 15. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.