Gabi Zange

German speed skater

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1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)Weight60 kg (132 lb)SportSportSpeed skatingClubSC Karl-Marx-Stadt

Medal record

Women's speed skating

Representing East Germany
Olympic Games
	1984 Sarajevo	3000 m
	1988 Calgary	3000 m
	1988 Calgary	5000 m
World Championships
	1985 Sarajevo	Allround
	1984 Deventer	Allround
European Championships
	1984 Alma-Ata	Allround
	1981 Heerenveen	Allround

Gabriele Zange (née Schönbrunn, born 1 June 1961) is a retired East 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).^[1] In 1984, she won European championships, setting two world records, in the 5000 m (7:39.44) and allround,^[1] 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)^[1]^[2] and won two Olympics medals. She retired soon after the 1988 Olympics and worked as a physiotherapist.^[3]

Personal bests:^[3]

500 m – 41:93 (1981)
1000 m – 1:22.00 (1988)
1500 m – 2:04.98 (1988)
3000 m – 4:16.76 (1988)
5000 m – 7:21.61 (1988)

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c Complete history list of World Records. isu.org
^ Sportler-Visitenkarte von Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn. speedskatingnews.info
^ ^a ^b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014.