Monika Zehrt

{{short description|East German sprinter}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

|name=Monika Zehrt

|image=Monika Zehrt 1972.jpg

|caption = Monika Zehrt in 1972

|birth_date={{birth-date and age|29 September 1952}}

|birth_place=Riesa, Bezirk Dresden, East Germany

|death_date=

|death_place=

| height = {{convert|1.68|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|56|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|sport=Athletics

|event=400 m

|club= SC Dynamo Berlin

|pb= 51.08 (1972)

|alma_mater=

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry | {{GDR}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1972 Munich | 400 m}}

{{MedalGold| 1972 Munich | 4 × 400 m}}

{{MedalEuropeanChampionships}}

{{MedalGold| 1971 Helsinki | 4 × 400 m}}

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Monika Zehrt (later Landgraf, born 29 September 1952) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 400 m. At the 1972 Olympics she won gold medals in the individual 400 m and 4 × 400 m relay, setting an Olympic and a world record, respectively. Zehrt also won relay golds at the 1971 European Championships and the 1970 and 1973 European Cup. During her career she set one world record in the 400 m and four in the 4 × 400 m. After retiring in 1974, she earned a degree in external trade and a leading position at a furniture company. She married, but then divorced Jochen Landgraf, a 400 m hurdler.