Petra Rossner
 Rossner in the 2002 Women's Challenge | |||||||||||||
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| Full name | Petra Rossner | ||||||||||||
| Born |
14 November 1966 Leipzig, Germany | ||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road & Track | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
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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
Petra Rossner in Leipzig (June 27, 1987)
From 1996 on, she was living in Leipzig with her partner Judith Arndt.[2] They have since split.
References
- ↑ "Petra Rossner Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 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
- Personal Website (in English)
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| Preceded by Anna Millward |
World Cup Overall Points Champion 2002 |
Succeeded by Nicole Cooke |
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