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{{short description|German speed skater}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Andrea Ehrig
| image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-S0206-0012, Andrea Mitscherlich.jpg
| image_size = 280px
| caption = Competing as Andrea Mitscherlich in 1977
| headercolor = #d7ecff
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|12|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Dresden]], [[East Germany]]
| height = {{convert|1.65|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|58|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| sport = [[Speed skating]]
| club = SC Einheit Dresden
| alma_mater =
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport|Women's [[speed skating]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{GDR}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Speed skating at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1984 Winter Olympics|1984 Sarajevo]]|[[Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics|3000 metres]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1976 Winter Olympics|1976 Innsbruck]]|[[Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics|3000 metres]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1984 Winter Olympics|1984 Sarajevo]]|[[Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1000 metres]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1984 Winter Olympics|1984 Sarajevo]]|[[Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1500 metres]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1988 Winter Olympics|1988 Calgary]]|[[Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics|3000 metres]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1988 Winter Olympics|1988 Calgary]]|[[Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics|5000 metres]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1988 Winter Olympics|1988 Calgary]]|[[Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1500 metres]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World All-Round Speed Skating Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|1983 Chemnitz|Allround}}
{{Medal|Gold|1985 Sarajevo|Allround}}
{{Medal|Silver|1982 Inzell|Allround}}
{{Medal|Silver|1984 Deventer|Allround}}
{{Medal|Silver|1986 The Hague|Allround}}
{{Medal|Silver|1987 West-Allis|Allround}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Speed Skating Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|1983 Heerenveen|Allround}}
{{Medal|Gold|1985 Groningen|Allround}}
{{Medal|Gold|1986 Geithus|Allround}}
{{Medal|Gold|1987 Groningen|Allround}}
{{Medal|Gold|1988 Kongsberg|Allround}}
}}

'''Andrea Ehrig''' ({{née}} '''Mitscherlich''', also known as '''Schöne''', born 1 December 1960) is a retired East German [[Speed skating|speed skater]]. She was one of the world's best long-distance skaters in the 1980s. A four-time Olympian, she won seven Olympic medals, including gold in the 3000 metres (as Andrea Schöne) at the [[Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1984 Sarajevo Games]]. 

==Career==
Ehrig was born Andrea Mitscherlich in [[Dresden]], [[Saxony]], [[East Germany]]. At the 1976 Olympics in [[Innsbruck]], as a 15-year-old, she won a silver medal in the 3000 m event, just one one-hundredth of a second ahead of [[Lisbeth Korsmo]] who won bronze. At the [[1980 Winter Olympics|1980 Olympics]] in [[Lake Placid, New York|Lake Placid]] she came fourth in the 3000 metres. Four years later at the [[1984 Winter Olympics|1984 Olympics]] in [[Sarajevo]], competing under her first married name of Schöne, she won silver in both the [[Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics#1.000 m|1000]] and the [[Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics#1.500 m|1500 m]] and became Olympic champion in the [[Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics#3.000 m|3000 metres]]. In 1988, at her fourth and final [[Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]] in [[Calgary]], competing as Andrea Ehrig, she won two more silver medals in the long distances, and a bronze medal in the 1500 metres.<ref name=r1/> She became [[European Speed Skating Championships for Women|European champion]] five times<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-171958-189176-100270-0-file,00.pdf |title=List of medalwinners in the European allround championships for women at www.isu.org |access-date=4 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930015325/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-171958-189176-100270-0-file,00.pdf |archive-date=30 September 2007 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> and [[World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women|World Champion]] twice, in 1983 and 1985.<ref>[http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-171961-189179-100271-0-file,00.pdf List of edalwinners at the World allround championships] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225030711/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-171961-189179-100271-0-file,00.pdf |date=25 February 2009 }} at www.isu.org</ref> Between 1983 and 1987 she set 10 world records in 1500–10,000 m events.<ref name=r2/>

Ehrig was married twice. 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Vor zwei Wochen begann in Berlin die "Eiszeit" |url = http://zefys.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/ddr-presse/ergebnisanzeige/?purl=SNP2532889X-19801108-0-15-253-0|access-date=6 November 2018 |work=[[Neues Deutschland]] |trans-title=Two weeks ago the "Ice Age" began in Berlin |volume=35 |issue=264 |date=8 November 1980 |page=15 |language=de}}</ref> She married a second time in 1985 to fellow Olympic speed skater [[Andreas Ehrig]].<ref name=r1>{{Cite sports-reference |title = Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/eh/andrea-ehrig-schone-mitscherlich-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417103045/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/eh/andrea-ehrig-schone-mitscherlich-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 17 April 2020 |access-date = 6 November 2018 }}</ref>

Personal bests:<ref name=r1/>
*500 m – 40.71 (1988)
* 1000 m – 1:19.32 (1988)
* 1500 m – 2:01.00 (1986)
* 3000 m – 4:12.09 (1988)
* 5000 m – 7:17.12 (1988)

==References==
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<ref name=r2>[http://www.speedskatingnews.info/en/data/skater/?anzeige=skater&skater=239 Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich]. SpeedSkatingNews.info</ref>
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich}}
* [http://www.skateresults.com/skaters/andrea_mitscherlich Andrea Mitscherlich at SkateResults.com]

{{Footer Olympic Champions 3000m Speed Skating}}
{{Footer World Allround Champions Speed Skating Women}}
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