Gabi Zange
Gabi pliers, born in Schönbrunn ( born June 1, 1961 in Crimmitschau, GDR ) is a former German speed skater who - starting for the GDR - was in the 1980s the world leaders on long-haul over 3000 and 5000 meters. She won three bronze medals at the Winter Olympics: 1984 in 3000 -meter run ( under her birth name Gabi Schonbrunn ) and 1988, both in 3000 - as well as in the 5000 -meter run.
In the international forefront the 8th the Junior World Championships in 1980 In 1981, with a world record in the 3,000 -meter run ( 4:21,70 min) achieved on the then world 's fastest outdoor track medeo in Alma -Ata (Kazakhstan, then USSR), as well as the European Championship victory on this route. Continuing their athletes career, she had to accept the dominance of the best all-round runner Karin Enke and the best long-distance specialist Andrea Beautiful. In the absence of which was European champion in 1984 - an opportunity that they savored with two world records ( over 5000 m and in the four-way battle ). In her career she brought it to a total of 15 medals in international highlights. She set four world records on long distances and in the all around, her last in December 1987 in the 3000 -meter run ( 4:16,76 min) at the World Cup race in Calgary, where they Karin Enke and Andrea Ehrig ( Beautiful ) subsequent to the places referred. Together with the two they gave in the 1987/88 season officially changed its resignation.
Gabi pliers launched for the SC Karl- Marx-Stadt (successor club: Speed Skating Club Chemnitz) and coached at Alfred Unterdörfel and the Dresden success coach Rainer mouth. After their athletes career, she was a physiotherapist.
At the end of their sporting career was in 1988 awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver.
Other successes
- 2 x Silver ( 1981, 1983)
- 1 x Bronze (1982 )
- 2 x Silver ( 1980, 1983)
- 1 x Bronze (1986 )
- 2 x Silver ( 1985, 1986)
- 1 x Bronze (1983 )