Petra Rossner

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Medal record
Competitor for  Germany
Track cycling
Olympic Games
Gold	1992 Barcelona	3 km Pursuit

Petra Rossner makes some final adjustments to her time trial bike just prior to the start of the Stanley Time Trial (2002 Women's Challenge)

Petra Rossner (born November 14, 1966 in Leipzig) 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 cycling, 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.

[edit] Private Life

Since 1996 she has been living in Leipzig with her partner Judith Arndt. In 2006 the couple announced that they want to adopt a child.

[edit] External links

• Personal Website (English)

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