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Place of Birth: Munich, Bavaria, Germany
About Monika Pflug
- Monika Pflug (born 1 March 1954), also known as Monika Holzner-Pflug and Monika Gawenus-Pflug, is a former speed skater from Germany.
- She was born in Munich and competed for West Germany.Pflug's talent for speed skating was discovered in 1968 and the very next year, she already became junior national champion.
- In 1970, she set a national record on the 1000 m and in 1971, she became national sprint champion.
- The next year, 1972, was her best year; she first became national allround champion, then, one month later, she won gold on the 1000 m at the 1972 Winter Olympics of Sapporo, and two weeks after that, she became world sprint champion.After getting married, Pflug started competing as Monika Holzner-Pflug in the 1974–75 season.
- The marriage was short-lived, however, and after her divorce she competed as Monika Pflug again.
- In 1984, Pflug married fellow speed skater Fritz Gawenus, a multiple national champion.
- From then on, she competed as Monika Gawenus-Pflug.Pflug would compete in a total of five Winter Olympics between 1972 and 1988, but did not win any more Olympic medals.
- At the World Sprint Championships, she won three more medals, all bronze, in 1973, 1974 and 1982.
- She interrupted her speed-skating career for a while to become a mother.
- Pflug ended her speed-skating career abruptly in 1988 after a new personal and national record on the 500 m in an otherwise disappointing season.
- By that time, she had gathered 16 national titles and had skated a national record 65 times.
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