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Petra Rossner
Petra Rossner in 2014
Personal information
Full namePetra Rossner
Born (1966-11-14) 14 November 1966 (age 58)
Leipzig, East Germany
Team information
DisciplineRoad & Track
RoleRider
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Women's track cycling
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 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. 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. They have since split.

References

  1. 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.
  2. "German cyclist Arndt livid over exclusion of lesbian lover". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 12 December 2014.

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Sporting positions
Preceded byAnna Millward World Cup Overall Points Champion
2002 		Succeeded byNicole Cooke
Olympic Cycling Champions in Women's Individual Pursuit
UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Women's individual pursuit
German National Road Race Champions (women)
1960–1979
1980–1999
2000–2019
2020–2039
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