Dagmar Käsling is a former East German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.

She competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics

1972 Summer Olympics

The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....

 held in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

, Germany

Germany

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 in the 4 x 400 metres where she won the gold medal with her team mates Rita Kühne

Rita Kühne

Rita Kuhne is a former East German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.She competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the 4 x 400 metres where she won the gold medal with her team mates Dagmar Käsling, Helga Seidler and 400m gold medalist Monika...

, Helga Seidler

Helga Seidler

Helga Seidler is a former East German athlete who mainly competed in the women's 400 metres event....

 and Monika Zehrt

Monika Zehrt

Monika Zehrt is a former sprint athlete, who competed for East Germany.She won two gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, in 400 m and 4x400 m relay....

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Käsling married sprinter Gerhard Lühnenschloß. The she became Prof. Dr. Lühnenschloß, a lecturer at the Institut für Sportwissenschaften of the Otto-von-Guericke-Universität in Magdeburg

Magdeburg

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, teaching and researching track & field training science. In 2005 she published the book "Schnelligkeit."