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

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

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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.