Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt

Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt
Garbrecht-Enfeldt in 2004
Personal information
Birth nameMonique Garbrecht
Born (1968-12-11) 11 December 1968 (age 55)
Potsdam, East Germany
SpouseMagnus Enfeldt
Sport
Country Germany
SportSpeed skating
Coached byMagnus Enfeldt
Retired1 December 2005
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Women's speed skating
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2002 Salt Lake City 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Albertville 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Berlin 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2003 Calgary Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2001 Salt Lake City 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2001 Inzell Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2000 Nagano 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2000 Nagano 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2000 Seoul Sprint
Gold medal – first place 1999 Calgary Sprint
Gold medal – first place 1991 Inzell Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2001 Salt Lake City 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1999 Heerenveen 1000 m

Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt (born 11 December 1968) is a German former ice speed skater. During her 15-year career, she became sprint world champion five times (1991, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003), and in addition she won four gold medals in the World Single Distance Championships, two on the 500 and two on the 1000 m. She won two Olympic medals within 10 years of each other: first time at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville a bronze, and in the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City a silver. She also had planned to qualify for the 2006 Olympics in Torino but poor results in the season's first World Cup races got her to delay the plans. On 1 July 2000 she married her manager, Swedish former speed skater Magnus Enfeldt. On 1 December 2005 she announced her retirement from speed skating.