Judith Arndt

Judith Arndt (born 23 July 1976) is a retired German professional cyclist, who last rode for the GreenEDGE-AIS cycling team. She won the bronze medal in the 3000 m pursuit event at the 1996 Summer Olympics when she was 20. In 2004, she won the world road race championship and came second in the Olympic road race.

Career Arndt won the national individual pursuit championship four times and Olympic bronze in the same competition. But a viral infection during the 2000 Summer Olympics – causing a disappointing outcome – marked the turning in her career. In two years, she finished third in the Grande Boucle (sometimes referred to as the "women's Tour de France)" in 2003, won the Tour de l'Aude twice (2002 and 2003), and added a silver medal in the road time trial at the 2003 world championship in Hamilton, Ontario.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece she won silver in the road race,

Arndt was appointed as a member of the inaugural UCI Athletes' Commission in 2011.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain she competed in the Women's road race and won silver in the time trial. She also competed on the track in the Women's team pursuit for the national team. Arndt ended her career after taking gold in the time trial event of the 2012 World Championships.

Palmarès

1995 1st Overall Drei Tagen von Pattenson 1 stage win 2nd German time trial championship 2nd Overall Grazia Tour 3rd GP Krasna Lipa

1996

2nd National road championship 2nd Tour du Finistère 3rd Olympic Games Individual Pursuit

1997

3rd National Road Race Championship 3rd World Time Trial Championship

1998 National Road Championship

2nd Road Race Championship

1st Overall GP Mutualité de Haute Garonne 1 Stage win 8th World Time Trial Championship

1999 National Road Championship

1st Tour de Bretagne 2nd Overall Holland Ladies' Tour 1 stage win 6th World Time Trial Championship

2000

4th Olympic Games Points race 6th Olympic Games Individual pursuit, 7th Olympic Games Time Trial Championship 9th World Time Trial Championship 10th Overall Women's Challenge 10th Overall Gracia–Orlová

2001

2 stage wins

1 stage win 1st Rotterdam Tour 2nd UCI Road World Cup 2nd Overall Women's Challenge 1 stage win 2nd Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin 1 stage win 2nd Overall Thüringen-Rundfahrt 3rd Overall Grande Boucle Féminine 4th UCI World Championship Road Race 5th UCI World Championship Time Trial 5th Overall Vuelta Internacional a Mallorca 1 stage win

2002

2 stage wins

1 stage win 1st Overall Tour de Snowy 1st Overall Solano Bicycle Classic 1st Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic 2 stage wins 1 stage win Grande Boucle Féminin 2nd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León 1 stage win 4th Overall Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen 5th Overall UCI road World Cup 5th Montréal 9th World Time Trial Championship

2003

1 stage win UCI Road World Championships 2nd Time Trial 8th Road Race 2nd GP de Plouay 2nd Overall Gracia–Orlová 2 stage wins 3rd Overall Grande Boucle 3 stage wins 3rd Overall UCI Road World Cup 3rd Montreal World Cup 3rd Sydney World Cup 4th Overall Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen 5th Damesronde van Drenthe 5th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León

2004

UCI Road World Championships

2nd Time trial

1 stage win 2nd Olympic Games Road Race Championship 2nd Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal 2nd Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin 2nd Overall Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen 5th Overall Giro della Toscana 5th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine

2005

2 stage wins

1 stage win 1st GP of Wales World Cup 2nd GP Feminas Castilla y León 3rd Overall UCI Road World Cup 3rd Overall Giro del Trentino 3rd Overall Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen 3rd Overall Damesronde van Drenthe 3rd Overall Geelong Tour 3rd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine 4th World Time Trial Championship

2006 1st Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal 2nd Geelong World Cup 2nd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine 2nd GP Feminas Castilla y León 3rd Overall Holland Ladies Tour 4th Overall UCI Road World Cup

2007

2 stage wins

1st Stage 3 (ITT) Tour du Grand Montréal 1st Stage 6 Giro d'Italia Femminile 2nd Overall Holland Ladies Tour 1 stage win 3rd Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin 3rd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine

2008

1st Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal 2nd Overall 2008 Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin 3rd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine 5th Overall Holland Ladies Tour

2009

1st Stages 1, 3 & 5 1st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia Femminile 2nd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria UCI Road World Championships 4th Road Race 6th Time Trial 5th Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol 7th Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile 9th Overall Tour du Grand Montréal

2010

2nd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile 2nd Overall La Route de France 1st Stage 6 2nd Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol UCI Road World Championships 2nd Time Trial 5th Road Race 2nd GP Ciudad de Valladolid 2nd Grand Prix de Suisse 2nd Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay 2nd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT 3rd Overall Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira 1st Stage 1 3rd Australian Open Road Championships 4th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria 4th GP Plouay 8th Ronde van Vlaanderen 8th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio 9th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine

2011

1st Stages 1 & 2

1st Stage 2 National Road Championships

2nd Road Race 1st Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT 1st Memorial Davide Fardelli – Cronometro Individuale 1st Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen 1st Stage 6 Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen 1st Stages 1, 3 & 5 Premondiale Giro Toscana Int. Femminile 2nd Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs 2nd Grand-prix Nicolas Frantz 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile 3rd Overall Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira 3rd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria 3rd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine 4th Australian Open Road Championships 4th GP Ciudad de Valladolid 5th Tour of Flanders 7th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio 7th GP de Plouay 9th Open de Suède Vårgårda

2012 UCI Road World Championships

2nd Team Time Trial 8th Road Race National Road Championships

1st Tour of Flanders 2nd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT 3rd Overall Brainwash Ladies Tour 3rd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria 4th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio 6th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile 6th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine 9th Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand 1st Stage 3 10th Overall Energiewacht Tour 10th Overall GP Elsy Jacobs 10th Classica Citta di Padova 10th GP de Plouay

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Private life Arndt has lived in Leipzig since 1996, with her partner, fellow cyclist Petra Rossner. In 2012, after the World Cup, she was in a relationship with Australian lawyer, and former cyclist Anna Wilson, and moved to Melbourne. She is a lesbian.