Monika Zehrt
 Monika Zehrt in 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 29 September 1952 (age 71) Riesa, Bezirk Dresden, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 400 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Dynamo Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 51.08 (1972) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Monika Zehrt (later Landgraf, born 29 September 1952) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 400m. At the 1972 Olympics she won gold medals in the individual 400m and 4 × 400m 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 × 400m. 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 400m hurdler.[1]
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