Monika Zehrt

Monika Zehrt

Monika Zehrt in 1972
Personal information
Born	29 September 1952 (1952-09-29) (age 64) Riesa, Germany
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400 m
Club	SC Dynamo Berlin
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	51.08 (1972)
Medal record Representing  East Germany Olympic Games 1972 Munich 400 m 1972 Munich 4×400 m European Championships 1971 helsinki 4×400 m

Monika Zehrt (born 29 September 1952) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 400 m. At the 1972 Olympics she won gold medals in the individual 400 m and 4 × 400 m relay, setting an Olympic and a world record, respectively. Zehrt also won relay golds at the 1971 European Championships and the 1970 and 1973 European Cup. During her career she set one world record in the 400 m and four in the 4 × 400 m. After retiring in 1974, she earned a degree in external trade and a leading position at a furniture company. She married, but then divorced Jochen Landgraf, a 400 m hurdler.^[1]

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