Judith Arndt

Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Judith Arndt

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image_caption = Arndt in 2005
fullname = Judith Arndt
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1976|7|23
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country = GER
currentteam = Active
discipline = Road and Track
role = Rider
ridertype = All-rounder
amateuryears =
amateurteams =
proyears = 1995-2001
2002
2003-2005
2006-2007
proteams = "Unknown"
Saturn
Equipe Nurnberger
T-Mobile Women
majorwins = flagiconUCI UCI World Cup Points Champion (2004)flagiconUCI World Cycling Champion (2004)
flagiconUCI World Individual Pursuit Champion (1997)
flagicon|GER German National Cycling Champion (1999, 2002)
flagicon|GER German National Time Trial Champion (1998, 1999, 2001, 2005)
flagicon|GER German National Pursuit Champion (1996-2000)
Montreal World Cup (2006, 2008)
Rotterdam Tour World Cup (2001)
updated = June 3, 2007

Judith Arndt (born July 23, 1976 in Königs Wusterhausen) is a German professional cyclist for the T-Mobile Women 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.

Profile – Career

Moving from Track to Road Racing

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 and, two weeks later, became world road champion at Verona, Italy. She finished first in the UCI world ranking.

In 2005 she won the national road championship for the sixth time.

Not always 'easy-to-handle'

Arndt took responsibility for her trade and national team. This was not comfortable for the German cycling organisation. Her teammate Petra Rossner was not selected for the Olympic road team, Arndt criticized this decision and had to apologize after showing her disgust at the finish line.

Palmarès

Note: Beginning in 1997, the Union Cycliste Internationale awarded points were riders based on performance in races. Rraces were categorised. Although the system has evolved, the major stage races are generally category 1 (strongest), and category 2. In the listings below, these categories, where known, are in parentheses. GC stands for General Classification.

;1995: 1st overall and 1 stage win, Drei Tagen von Pattenson: 2nd, German time trial championship: 2nd overall, Grazia Tour: 3rd, GP Krasna Lipa;1996: 1st, Individual pursuit, flagicon|GER National track championship: 3rd (Bronze medal), Individual pursuit, Olympic Games: 2nd, National road championship: 2nd, Tour du Finistere;1997: 1st, Individual pursuit, flagiconUCI UCI Track World Championships: 3rd (Bronze medal), UCI road world championship time trial : 1st, Individual pursuit, flagicon|GER national track championship: 3rd, National road championship;1998: World time trial championship - 8th : 1st, Individual pursuit, flagicon|GER national track championship: 1st, flagicon|GER national time trial championship: 2nd, National road championship: 1st overall and 1 stage win, GP Mutualité de Haute Garonne;1999: 13th - UCI road World Cup points championship: 6th, UCI road World Championship time trial : 2nd overall and 1 stage win, Holland Ladies' Tour (cat. 1): 1st, flagicon|GER National time trial championship: 1st, flagicon|GER National road championship: 1st, Individual pursuit, flagicon|GER national track championship: 1st, Tour de Bretagne;2000: 9th, UCI road world championship time trial: 4th, 25km Points race, Olympic Games: 6th, 3km Individual pursuit, Olympic Games: 7th, Individual time trial, Olympic Games: 1st, Individual pursuit, flagicon|GER National track championship: 10th overall, Women's Challenge (cat. 1): 10th overall, Gracia Tour (cat. 1);2001: 2nd - UCI road World Cup points championship: 4th, UCI road world championship road race: 5th, UCI road world championship time trial : 1st, flagicon|GER National time trial championship: 1st, Rotterdam Tour (Ned) (World Cup): 1st overall and 2 stage wins, Gracia Cez-Ede (cat. 1): 2nd overall and 1 stage win, Women's Challenge (cat. 1): 2nd overall and 1 stage win, Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Feminin (cat. 1): 2nd overall, Thüringen-Rundfahrt (cat. 1): 3rd overall, Grande Boucle Féminine (cat. 1): 5th overall and 1 stage win, Vuelta Internacional a Majorca (cat. 1): 1st overall and 1 stage win, GP Féminin de Bretagne (cat. 2);2002 (team: Saturn): 5th - UCI road World Cup points championship: 9th - UCI road world championship time trial : 1st, flagicon|GER German road championship: 5th, Montréal (World Cup): 1st overall and 2 stage wins, Women's Challenge (cat. 1): 1st overall and 1 stage win, Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Feminin (cat. 1): 1st overall, Tour de Snowy (cat. 1): 1 stage win, Grande Boucle Féminin (cat. 1): 4th overall, Thüringen-Rundfahrt (cat. 1): 2nd overall and 1 stage win, Vuelta a Castilla y Leon (cat. 2): 1st overall, Solano Bicycle Classic: 1st overall and 2 stage wins, Redlands Bicycle Classic;2003 - Equipe Nurnberger: 3rd - UCI Road World Cup points championship: 8th, UCI Road World Championships Road Race: 2nd (Silver medal), UCI Road World championship Time Trial: 2nd, GP de Plouay (World Cup): 3rd, Montreal (World Cup): 3rd, Sydney (World Cup): 1st overall, Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Feminin (cat. 1): 3rd overall and 3 stage wins, Grande Boucle (cat. 1): 4th overall, Thuringen-Rundfahrt (cat. 1): 5th, Damesronde van Drenthe (cat. 1): 5th, Vuelta a Castilla-Leon (cat. 1): 1st overall and 1 stage win, GP Feminin du Canada (cat. 2): 2nd overall and 2 stage wins, Gracia Tour (cat. 2); 2004 - Equipe Nurnberger: "'1st - UCI Road World Cup points championship: 1st (Gold medal), flagiconUCI UCI Road World Championships Road Race: 2nd (Silver medal), UCI Road World Championships Time Trial: 2nd (Silver medal), Olympic Games Road Race: 2nd, La Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal (World Cup): 5th, La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (World Cup): 1st overall and 1 stage win, Le Tour du Grand Montréal (cat. 1): 2nd overall, Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Feminin (cat. 1): 2nd overall, Thuringen-Rundfahrt (cat. 1): 5th overall, Giro della Toscana (cat. 1);2005 - Equipe Nurnberger: 3rd, UCI Road World Cup points championship: 4th, UCI Road World championship Time Trial: 1st, GER National road championship time trial: 1st, GP of Wales (World Cup): 2nd, GP Feminas Castilla y Leon (World Cup): 3rd, La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (World Cup): 1st overall and 1 stage win, Vuelta a Castilla y Leon (cat. 1): 3rd overall, Giro del Trentino (cat. 1): 3rd overall, Thüringen Rundfahrt (cat. 1): 3rd overall, Damesronde van Drenthe (cat. 1): 1st overall and 2 stage wins, Gracia-Orlová (cat.2): 3rd overall, Geelong Tour (cat. 2);2006 - T-Mobile Women: 4th - UCI Road World Cup points championship: 1st, La Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal (World Cup): 2nd, Geelong World Cup: 2nd, La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (World Cup): 2nd, GP Feminas Castilla y Leon;2007 - T-Mobile Women: 3rd, Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Feminin (1.1W): 1st overall and 2 stage wins, Gracia-Orlová (2.2W): 1st, Stage 3 ITT, Tour du Grand Montréal (2.1W): 1st, Stage 6, Giro d'Italia Femminile (2.1W): 3rd, La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (World Cup);2008 - Team High Road Women: 1st, La Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal (World Cup): 2nd, Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Feminin (1.1W): 3rd, La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (World Cup)

Private Life

Since 1996 she has lived in Leipzig with her partner Petra Rossner. After World Championship 2006 she announced that the couple wants to adopt a child.

External links

* [http://www.juditharndt.de Judith Arndt's web site] (in German)