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. During the time she resided in Japan with her husband, she worked for
NHK Radio 2's German radio course as a teacher. She represented the club
VfL Sindelfingen. ==References==