Heidi-Elke Gaugel

German sprinter

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Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing West Germany
Olympic Games
	1984 Los Angeles	4 × 400 m relay

Heidi-Elke Gaugel (born 11 July 1959 in Schönaich) is a retired female German athlete who specialized in the 400 m.

Biography

Gaugel competed for West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles, United States, where she won the bronze medal with her team mates Heike Schulte-Mattler, Ute Thimm and Gaby Bußmann in the women's 4 × 400 m relay event.

She married the middle-distance runner Harald Hudak.^[1] During the time she resided in Japan with her husband, she worked for NHK Radio 2's German radio course as a teacher.^[2] She represented the club VfL Sindelfingen.