Mona Steigauf (born 17 January 1970 in

Starnberg Starnberg is a German town in Bavaria, Germany, some southwest of Munich. It is at the north end of Lake Starnberg, in the heart of the " Five Lakes Country", and serves as capital of the district of Starnberg. Recording a disposable per-capi ...

) is a retired

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

heptathlete A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

. Her personal best was 6546 points, achieved at the

1997 Summer Universiade The 1997 Summer Universiade, also known as the XIX Summer Universiade, took place in the island of Sicily, Italy. Venues * Stadio Angelo Massimino, Catania — athletics, ceremony (opening) * Teatro Massimo Bellini, Catania — fencing * PalaSan ...

Catania Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by ...

. This ranks her ninth among German heptathletes, behind

Sabine Braun Sabine Braun (born 19 June 1965 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German former athlete in track and field. Because she had talents in several disciplines, Sabine Braun competed in the heptathlon and had a number of successes ...

Sabine Paetz The Sabines (; lat, Sabini; it, Sabini, all exonyms) were an Italic people who lived in the central Apennine Mountains of the ancient Italian Peninsula, also inhabiting Latium north of the Anio before the founding of Rome. The Sabines divid ...

Ramona Neubert Ramona Neubert ( Göhler, later Raulf, born 26 July 1958 in Pirna, Bezirk Dresden) is a former heptathlete from East Germany. Her biggest triumph was winning the world title at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. She bro ...

, Anke Behmer-Vater,

Heike Drechsler Heike Gabriela Drechsler (; ; born 16 December 1964) is a German former track and field athlete who represented East Germany and later Germany. One of the most successful long jumpers of all-time, she is a former world record holder and ranks ...

, Ines Schulz, Sibylle Thiele and

Heike Tischler Heike Tischler (born 4 February 1964 in Saalfeld, Thuringia) is a retired German heptathlete. She won the silver medal for East Germany at the 1990 European Championships in Athletics in Split with a personal best score of 6572 points. This ranks ...

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1970 births Living people German heptathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) People from Starnberg Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria FISU World University Games gold medalists for Germany FISU World University Games silver medalists for Germany Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade 20th-century German women 21st-century German women {{Germany-heptathlon-bio-stub