Heidi-Elke Gaugel (born 11 July 1959 in

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) is a retired female

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who specialized in the

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Biography

Gaugel competed for West Germany at the

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, held in

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, United States, where she won the

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with her team mates

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, Ute Thimm and Gaby Bußmann in the women's

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event. She married the middle-distance runner Harald Hudak. During the time she resided in Japan with her husband, she worked for

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Radio 2's German radio course as a teacher.German radio course text 2001, NHK Publishing Co., Ltd She represented the club

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* * 1959 births Living people People from Böblingen (district) Sportspeople from Stuttgart (region) West German female sprinters Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for West Germany Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) VfL Sindelfingen athletes Olympic female sprinters {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub