Petra Rossner

Petra Rossner ( born November 14, 1966 in Leipzig) is a former German cyclist of the years 1987 to 2004. She is currently coach of Team Columbia women's teams.

Cycling career

Rossner began her career as an athlete with a victory at the Children 's and Youth in the GDR, but moved shortly afterwards to cycling. Only when 19 - year-old she went into the competition mode. At 20, she took in 1987 in Austria at the World Cup finals and was ranked 49th They also won in 1987 the second stage race for women, today's International Thüringen Tour of the women.

In her first Olympics in 1988 she remained unsuccessful after she retired because of a serious fall. After the success in track cycling resulted: World Championship silver in the 3000m individual pursuit, 1991 World Champion and 1992 Olympic champion in Barcelona. Petra Rossner won a stage in the Tour de France for women and the Giro d' Italia. 1998 they also decided to cycling World Cup of women for themselves.

In 2004, she became German champion in the road race Women / Elite. This was the 25th German Championship title, which she gained in her career and that was because of the upcoming selection of the Olympic team of special importance. Despite this success, they are not nominated the German Cycling Federation ( BDR) for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.

Professional

In September 2004, Petra Rossner ended her athletic career and served as Tournament Director of the Women 's Team Nürnberger team operates. She was awarded on 26 June 2005 by the BDR as the first woman with the golden nail for outstanding athletic achievements. According to BDR President Rudolf Sharping has "the best German cyclist of all time her bike hung up " and thus deserving of this symbolic award.

In 2010 she founded the " Petra Rossner Girls Team Sachsen", a cycling team for girls aged 12 to 16 years.