Background
She was born in Munich and competed for West Germany.
She was born in Munich and competed for West Germany.
After getting married, Pflug started competing as Monika Holzner-Pflug in the 1974-1975 season. The marriage was short-lived, however, and after her divorce she competed as Monika Pflug again. From then on, she competed as Monika Gawenus-Pflug.
She interrupted her speed skating career for a while to become a mother.
Pflug ended her speed skating career abruptly in 1988 after a new personal and national record on the 500 m in an otherwise very disappointing season. By that time, she had gathered 16 national titles and had skated a national record 65 times.
Over the course of her career, Pflug skated one world record:
To put these personal records in perspective, the column WR lists the official world records on the dates that Pflug skated her personal records.