Petra Rossner - Wikipedia

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Petra Rossner

Petra Rossner in 2014

Personal information

Full name

Petra Rossner

Born

14 November 1966 (age 57)
Leipzig, East Germany

Team information

Discipline

Road & Track

Role

Rider

Medal record

Representing Germany

Women's track cycling
Olympic Games
	1992 Barcelona	Individual pursuit

Petra Rossner (born 14 November 1966) is a German cyclist, who won the gold medal in 3 km pursuit track cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.^[1] In the same event, she won the 1991 World Championships and finished second in 1989.

Competing in road bicycle racing, she won the World Cup in 2002. She finished second in 2004, and finished third in the 1988 Giro d'Italia Femminile. She is a seven-time winner of the Liberty Classic—winning the event in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2004.

Rossner retired after the 2004 season.

Private life

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From 1996 on, she was living in Leipzig with her partner Judith Arndt.^[2] They have since split.

References

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^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Petra Rossner Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
^ "German cyclist Arndt livid over exclusion of lesbian lover". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 12 December 2014.

External links

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Personal Website (in English)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Anna Millward	World Cup Overall Points Champion 2002	Succeeded by Nicole Cooke

v t e Olympic Cycling Champions in Women's Individual Pursuit
1992: Petra Rossner (GER) 1996: Antonella Bellutti (ITA) 2000: Leontien Zijlaard (NED) 2004: Sarah Ulmer (NZL) 2008: Rebecca Romero (GBR)

UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Women's individual pursuit

v t e German National Road Race Champions (women)
1960–1979	Monika Mrklas (1968) Ingrid Persohn (1970–1971) Ursula Bürger (1972) Gisela Röhl (1973–1974) Ingrid Persohn (1975) Marianne Stuwe (1976) Beate Habetz (1977–1979)
1980–1999	Beate Habetz (1980) Gabi Habetz (1981) Beate Habetz (1982–1983) Sandra Schumacher (1984–1985) Ute Enzenauer (1986–1987) Ines Varenkamp (1988) Viola Paulitz (1989) Heidi Metzger (1990–1991) Viola Paulitz-Mueller (1992) Claudia Lehmann (1993) Regina Schleicher (1994) Hanka Kupfernagel (1995) Viola Paulitz-Mueller (1996) Hanka Kupfernagel (1997–1999)
2000–2019	Hanka Kupfernagel (2000) Petra Rossner (2001) Judith Arndt (2002) Trixi Worrack (2003) Petra Rossner (2004) Regina Schleicher (2005) Claudia Häusler (2006) Luise Keller (2007–2008) Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (2009) Charlotte Becker (2010) Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (2011) Judith Arndt (2012) Trixi Worrack (2013) Lisa Brennauer (2014) Trixi Worrack (2015) Mieke Kröger (2016) Lisa Klein (2017) Liane Lippert (2018) Lisa Brennauer (2019)
2020–2039	Lisa Brennauer (2020–2021) Liane Lippert (2022–2023) Franziska Koch (2024)

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