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Andrea Ehrig Schone Mitscherlich
Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich, born 1960 in Dresden, East German speed skater who competed 1976-1988 as Mitscherlich, Schöne, and Ehrig; seven Olympic medals, 1984 3000 m gold, ten world records.
Andreas Dietel
Andreas Dietel (born 1959) is a German former East German allround speed skater, SC Dynamo Berlin, fourth in the 1980 Olympic 1,500 m, small-combination world record holder 1981, banned after 1984 Games; not the Special Olympics athlete Andreas Dietl.
Anni Friesinger Postma
Anni Friesinger-Postma (Anna Christine Friesinger-Postma, born 1977) is a retired German speed skater: three Olympic golds (1500 m 2002, team pursuit 2006 and 2010), record 12 world single-distances titles, four 1500 m world records.
Christa Rothenburger Luding
Christa Rothenburger Luding (Christa Luding-Rothenburger), born 1959 in Weißwasser, East German speed skater and track cyclist; first woman to medal at both Winter and Summer Olympics, and the only athlete to do so in the same year, 1988 (Calgary gold and silver, Seoul cycling sprint silver).
Christian Breuer
Christian Peter Breuer (born 1976, Krefeld) is a German middle-distance speed skater, Olympian at Nagano 1998 and Salt Lake City 2002, ninth in the 1998 1,500 m; later ISU Technical Committee member and DESG administrator.
Claudia Pechstein
Claudia Pechstein, German speed skater born 1972 in East Berlin; five Olympic golds among nine medals, record eight Winter Olympics (1992-2022); banned two years in 2009 on blood-profile evidence she long contested.
Erhard Keller
Erhard Keller, born 1944 in Günzburg, is a German speed skater and dentist, the Flying Dentist, who won Olympic 500 m gold at Grenoble 1968 and Sapporo 1972 and set four 500 m world records at Inzell.
Gabi Zange Schonbrunn
Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn (Gabriele Schönbrunn, born 1961), East German speed skater; three Olympic bronzes (1984, 1988 3,000 m; 1988 5,000 m), 1984 European allround champion, four world records.
Gunter Traub
Günter Traub (born 13 March 1939, Schweinfurt) is a German speed and roller speed skater, two-time all-around world record holder (1963, 1968), four-time West German champion, Olympian in 1964 and 1968, later US and Italian national coach and fitness coach to Formula 1 drivers.
Helga Haase
Helga Haase, born Obschernitzki (1934–1989), was a German speed skater who competed for East Germany and won the 500 m at the 1960 Winter Olympics, the first GDR Winter gold.
Jenny Wolf
Jenny Wolf (born 1979, East Berlin) is a retired German sprint speed skater, 2010 Olympic 500 m silver medalist, four-time 500 m world champion, and former 500 m world record holder (37.00 s).
Karin Enke Kania
Karin Enke Kania is a German former speed skater, born 1961 in Dresden, who competed for East Germany and won eight Olympic medals, including three gold, at the 1980, 1984, and 1988 Winter Games.
Katrin Mattscherodt
Katrin Mattscherodt (Mattscherodt-Bunkus), born 1981 in Berlin, German long-track speed skater, SC Berlin; won women's team pursuit gold at Vancouver 2010 with Beckert and Anschütz-Thoms, beating Japan by 0.02 s; retired 2012.
Lucille Opitz
Lucille Opitz, born 1977 in Berlin, is a German former speed skater who won gold in the women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino.
Monika Gawenus Holzner Pflug
Monika Gawenus Holzner Pflug, born 1954 in Munich, West German speed skater; Olympic 1000 m gold at Sapporo 1972 as Monika Pflug, World Sprint champion 1972, competed at five Winter Games 1972-1988.
Monique Garbrecht Enfeldt
Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt (born 1968, Potsdam) is a German sprint speed skater, five-time World Sprint champion, 2002 Olympic 500 m silver and 1992 1,000 m bronze medalist, and former 1,000 m world record holder.
Olaf Zinke
Olaf Zinke (born 1966, Bad Muskau) is a German former speed skater, SC Dynamo Berlin, who won surprise 1,000 m gold at Albertville 1992 in 1:14.85, 0.01 s ahead of Kim Yun-man; two-time Olympian.
Ruth Budzisch Schleiermacher
Ruth Budzisch-Schleiermacher, born 1949 in Wunsiedel, East German sprint speed skater; 1968 and 1972 Olympian, 1969 500 m world record holder (44.6, Davos), and 1971 World Sprint Champion at Inzell.
Sabine Volker
Sabine Völker (born 1973, Erfurt) is a German speed skater, not the swimmer Sandra Völker. She won 2002 Olympic silvers at 1,000 and 1,500 m, 2002 bronze at 500 m, and 2006 team pursuit gold.
Stephanie Beckert
Stephanie Beckert, German long-track speed skater (born 1988, Erfurt), 2010 Vancouver Olympic team pursuit champion and double silver medalist at 3000 m and 5000 m; retired June 2019.
Uwe Jens Mey
Uwe-Jens Mey (born 1963, Warsaw) is a German speed skater, Olympic 500 m champion at Calgary 1988 for East Germany and Albertville 1992 for reunited Germany, with 1,000 m silver in 1988.