Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich

Andrea Ehrig (née Mitscherlich, also known as Schöne, born 1 December 1960) is a retired East German speed skater.

A four-time Olympian, she won seven Olympic medals, including gold in the 3000 metres (as Andrea Schöne) at the 1984 Sarajevo Games.

Ehrig was born Andrea Mitscherlich in Dresden, Saxony, East Germany.

After the 1980 Winter Olympics, she married the rower Ingolf Schöne and towards the end of that year, it was announced that she was expecting their child.

[5] She married a second time in 1985 to fellow Olympic speed skater Andreas Ehrig.