Judith Arndt (born 23 July 1976) is a retired German professional cyclist, who last rode for the GreenEDGE-AIS cycling team.[1] 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.

Judith Arndt
Arndt competing in the 2012 Olympics time trial in London, where she won silver.
Personal information
Full nameJudith Arndt
Born (1976-07-23) 23 July 1976 (age 48)
Königs Wusterhausen, East Germany
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad and Track
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Professional teams
1995–2001Unknown
2002Saturn
2003–2005Equipe Nurnberger
2006–2011Team T-Mobile Women
2012GreenEDGE-AIS
Major wins
Stage races
Gracia–Orlová (2001, 2005, 2007)
Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin (2002, 2003)
Tour du Grand Montréal (2004, 2008)
Vuelta a Castilla y León (2005)
Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen (2007, 2008, 2012)
Emakumeen Euskal Bira (2009, 2012)
Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile (2010)
Women's Tour of New Zealand (2011)
Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol (2011)
Ladies Tour of Qatar (2012)

One day races & classics

World Road Race Champion (2004)
World Time Trial Champion (2011, 2012)
National Time Trial Champion (1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2012)
National Road Race Champion (1999, 2002, 2012)
Rotterdam Tour (2001)
Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal (2006)
Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT (2011)
Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen (2011)
Memorial Davide Fardelli (2011)

Other

UCI Road World Cup (2004)
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Women's Cycling
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Road race
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Time trial
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Individual pursuit
UCI Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Verona Road race
Gold medal – first place 2011 Copenhagen Time trial
Gold medal – first place 2012 Valkenburg Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2003 Hamilton Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2004 Verona Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2010 Melbourne Time trial
Bronze medal – third place 1997 San Sebastián Time trial
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Varese Road race
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Varese Time trial
UCI Track World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Perth Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 1999 Berlin Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 1999 Berlin Points race
Silver medal – second place 2000 Manchester Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2000 Manchester Points race
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Bordeaux Individual pursuit
Representing Orica–AIS
Women's Cycling
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Valkenburg Team Time Trial

Career

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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),[2] and added a silver medal in the road time trial at the 2003 world championship in Hamilton, Ontario.[3]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece she won silver in the road race,[2] 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.[4]

Arndt was appointed as a member of the inaugural UCI Athletes' Commission in 2011.[5]

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.[6]

Palmarès

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1995
1st Overall Drei Tagen von Pattenson
1 stage win
2nd German time trial championship
2nd Overall Grazia Tour
3rd GP Krasna Lipa
1996
1st   National Individual Pursuit Championship
2nd National road championship
2nd Tour du Finistère
3rd Olympic Games Individual Pursuit
1997
1st   World Individual Pursuit Championship
1st   National Individual Pursuit Championship
3rd National Road Race Championship
3rd World Time Trial Championship
1998
National Road Championship
1st   Time Trial
2nd Road Race Championship
1st   National Individual Pursuit Championship
1st Overall GP Mutualité de Haute Garonne
1 Stage win
8th World Time Trial Championship
1999
National Road Championship
1st   Time Trial
1st   Road Race
1st   National Individual Pursuit Championship
1st Tour de Bretagne
2nd Overall Holland Ladies' Tour
1 stage win
6th World Time Trial Championship
2000
1st   National Individual Pursuit Championship
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
1st   National Time Trial Championship
1st   Overall Gracia–Orlová
2 stage wins
1st   Overall GP Féminin de Bretagne
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
1st   National Road Race Championship
1st   Overall Women's Challenge
2 stage wins
1st   Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
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
1st   Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
1st   Overall GP Feminin du Canada
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
1st   Overall UCI Road World Cup
UCI Road World Championships
1st   Road race
2nd Time trial
1st   Overall Tour du Grand Montréal
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
1st   National Time Trial Championship
1st   Overall Gracia–Orlová
2 stage wins
1st   Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
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
1st   Overall Gracia–Orlová
2 stage wins
1st   Overall Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen
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   Overall Thüringen-Rundfahrt
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  Overall Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira
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
1st   Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile
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   Individual World Time Trial Championship
1st   Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st   Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
1st Stage 2
National Road Championships
1st   Time Trial
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
1st   Time Trial
2nd Team Time Trial
8th Road Race
National Road Championships
1st   Time Trial
1st   Road Race
1st   Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
1st   Overall Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen
1st   Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
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

Results timelines

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Grand Tour results timeline
Stage race 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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

Private life

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Arndt has lived in Leipzig since 1996, with her partner, fellow cyclist Petra Rossner.[7][8] The couple became Gay Games ambassadors in 2005.[9][10] In 2012, after the World Cup, she was in a relationship with Australian lawyer, and former cyclist Anna Wilson, and moved to Melbourne.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Lulham, Amanda (8 December 2011). "GreenEDGE signs top German rider Judith Arndt as it assembles team to compete on elite women's circuit". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Olympedia – Judith Arndt". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Reuters Pictures - SPORT CYCLING HAMILTON". pictures.reuters.com. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Judith Arndt". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  5. ^ Ryan, Barry (5 March 2015). "UCI Athletes' Commission holds first meeting in Aigle". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  6. ^ Zellmer, Andreas (18 September 2012). "Vergoldetes Karriereende: Radsportlerin Judith Arndt aus Leipzig gewinnt WM-Einzelzeitfahren" (in German). Leipziger Volkszeitung. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  7. ^ "German cyclist Arndt livid over exclusion of lesbian lover". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  8. ^ a b "2012 Olympics: Who Are The LGBT Athletes? Day Fifteen – Judith Arndt". thenewcivilrightsmovement.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  9. ^ "Rossner and Arndt become Gay Games ambassadors". cyclingnews.com. 9 June 2005.
  10. ^ "Gay Games profile: Judith Arndt". Archived from the original on 10 March 2012.
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