Judith Zeidler ( German: Judith Zeidler ; born May 11, 1968 , Beskov ), in marriage Ungemach ( German Ungemach ) is a German rower , competing for the national teams of the GDR and Germany in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Champion of the Summer Olympic Games in Seoul , winner of the bronze medal at the Olympics in Barcelona , world champion, winner of many regattas of national and international importance. Now he works as a coach in Australia .
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| A country |  Germany |
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| Club | Dinamo ( Berlin ) |
| Date of Birth | May 11, 1968 (51) |
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| Growth | 182 cm |
| Weight | 81 kg |
Biography
Judith Zeidler was born on May 11, 1968 in the town of Beskov , GDR . She was trained in Berlin in the capital's sports club "Dynamo".
The first serious success at the international level was achieved in the season of 1984, when she joined the East German national team and won the pair of fours at the World Junior Championships in Sweden. Two years later, at similar competitions in Rachitsa, she was the best in rudderless fours.
Thanks to a series of successful performances won the right to defend the honor of the country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul - a part of the team, which also includes grebchihi Annegret Strauch , Catherine Hacker , Ute Wild , Anja Kluge , Beatrix Shroer , Ute Stange , Ramon Balthazar and steering Daniela Noynast , took the first place in the women's eights, thereby winning the Olympic gold medal. For this outstanding achievement, she was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland in gold [1] .
In 1989, she won the wheelless doubles at the World Championships in Bled .
At the world championship in 1990 in Tasmania became the bronze medalist in rudderless deuces, letting forward teams from Romania and West Germany.
After the unification of the GDR and the Federal Republic of Germany, she joined the German rowing team and continued to take part in major international regattas. So, in 1991, she won bronze in four at the World Championships in Vienna .
In 1992, she won a bronze medal in the eight at the Olympic Games in Barcelona - here her crew were ahead of the rowers from Canada and Romania.
In 1993 she was awarded the highest sports award of Germany " Silver Bay Leaf " [2] .
Married to German rower Mattias Ungemah , two-time world champion, participant in two Olympics. There are two sons and a daughter. Now he lives with his family in Sydney , Australia , where he works as a rowing coach.
Notes
- ↑ Neues Deutschland , 12./13. November 1988, S. 4
- ↑ Landessportbund Niedersachsen e. V., VIBSS: Der Bundespräsident und seine Aufgaben im Bereich des Sportes: ... am 23.
Links
- Judith Zeidler - Olympic statistics on Sports-Reference.com (English)
- Judith Zeidler - profile on the FISA website (English)
- Judith Zeidler (Eng.) - page on the website of the International Olympic Committee