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| Full name | Judith Arndt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1976-07-23)23 July 1976 (age 49) Königs Wusterhausen,East Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road and Track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1995–2001 | Unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Saturn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Equipe Nurnberger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2011 | Team T-Mobile Women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | GreenEDGE-AIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Judith Arndt (born 23 July 1976) is a retired Germanprofessionalcyclist, who last rode for the GreenEDGE-AIS cycling team.[1] She won the bronze medal in the3000 m pursuit event at the1996 Summer Olympics when she was 20. In 2004, she won theworld road race championship and came second in the Olympic road race.
Arndt won the nationalindividual pursuit championship four times and Olympic bronze in the same competition. But a viral infection during the2000 Summer Olympics – causing a disappointing outcome – marked the turning in her career. In two years, she finished third in theGrande Boucle (sometimes referred to as the "women's Tour de France)" in 2003, won theTour de l'Aude twice (2002 and 2003),[2] and added a silver medal in theroad time trial at the 2003 world championship inHamilton, Ontario.[3]
At the2004 Summer Olympics inAthens, Greece she won silver in the road race,[2] and, two weeks later, became world road champion atVerona, Italy. She finished first in theUCI world ranking.
In 2005, she won the national road championship for the sixth time.[4]
Arndt was appointed as a member of the inaugural UCI Athletes' Commission in 2011.[5]
At the2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain she competed in theWomen's road race and won silver in thetime trial. She also competed on the track in theWomen's team pursuit for the national team. Arndt ended her career after taking gold in thetime trial event of the2012 World Championships.[6]
National Individual Pursuit Championship
World Individual Pursuit Championship National Individual Pursuit Championship Time Trial National Individual Pursuit Championship Time Trial Road Race National Individual Pursuit Championship National Individual Pursuit Championship National Time Trial Championship
OverallGracia–Orlová Overall GP Féminin de Bretagne National Road Race Championship OverallWomen's Challenge OverallTour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin OverallTour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin OverallGP Feminin du Canada
Overall UCI Road World Cup
Road race OverallTour du Grand Montréal National Time Trial Championship OverallGracia–Orlová OverallVuelta a Castilla y León OverallGracia–Orlová OverallThüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen OverallThüringen-RundfahrtOverallIurreta-Emakumeen Bira
OverallGiro della Toscana Int. FemminileIndividual World Time Trial Championship OverallWomen's Tour of New Zealand OverallGiro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol Time TrialTime Trial Time Trial Road Race
OverallLadies Tour of Qatar OverallThüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen OverallEmakumeen Euskal Bira| Grand Tour results timeline | ||||||||||||||
| Stage race | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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| Giro d'Italia Femminile | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | DNF | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Stage race results timeline | ||||||||||||||
| Stage race | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 |
| Emakumeen Euskal Bira | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 3 | 2 | Did not exist | |||
| Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen | – | – | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 13 | 1 |
| Giro della Toscana | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 1 | DNF | – |
| Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale | – | – | 3 | 3 | Did not exist | |||||||||
| Boels Rental Ladies Tour | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 5 | – | – | – | 3 |
Arndt has lived inLeipzig since 1996, with her partner, fellow cyclistPetra Rossner.[7][8] The couple becameGay Games ambassadors in 2005.[9][10] In 2012, after the World Cup, she was in a relationship with Australian lawyer, and former cyclistAnna Wilson, and moved toMelbourne.[8]
