Sarajevo February 1984, XIV Olympic Winter Games. Speed skating, women's 3000m: winner Andrea EHRIG of the German Democratic Republic. In 1984 she competed under the name of SCH?NE. Credit: IOC Olympic Museum CollectionsOther names: MITSCHERLICH, Andrea
SCHOENE, Andrea
SCH?NE, Andrea
Born: 1 December 1960
Birthplace: Dresden (Germany)
Nationality: Germany
Sport: Skating
ATTENDANCE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES
Innsbruck 1976
Lake Placid 1980
Sarajevo 1984
Calgary 1988
AWARDS
Olympic medals:
Gold: 1
Silver: 5
Bronze: 1
Other results:
World Championships
Gold: 2 (83, 85)
Silver: 4 (82, 84, 86, 87)
Earning Medals With Three Names
In 1976 Andrea Ehrig (also known as Andrea Mitscherlich and Andrea Sch?ne), earned a silver medal in the 3,000m only 2? months after her fifteenth birthday to become the youngest female athlete ever to win a medal in an individual event at the Winter Olympics. She competed in the Olympics again in 1980, but without medal success. However, in 1984 she won the 3,000m. Although this made her an Olympic champion, it is her silver medals that earned Sch?ne a special place in the record books. In addition to the one she won in 1976, she added two more, at 1,500m and 1,000m, in 1984. At the 1988 Winter Olympics, she broke the 3,000m world record by 4.67 seconds and the 5,000m world record by 3.24 seconds, but in both races she was beaten by Yvonne van Gennip. Ehrig, who also earned a bronze medal in the 1988 1,000m, is one of only three winter athletes in any sport to win five silver medals. She is also the only athlete to earn medals using three different names: Mitscherlich in 1976, Sch?ne in 1984 and Ehrig in 1988.
