Judith Ungemach née Zeidler (born May 11, 1968 ) is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 world champion rower

Rowing (sport)

Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

 and Olympic gold and bronze medalist.

Early life and education

Zeidler was born in Beeskow

Beeskow

Beeskow is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, and capital of the Oder-Spree district. It is situated on the river Spree, 30 km southwest of Frankfurt an der Oder....

, Brandenburg

Brandenburg

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 in 1968. She started rowing at the age of thirteen at the East German best rowing club Dynamo Berlin

Dynamo Berlin

Dynamo Berlin may refer to:* SC Dynamo Berlin, a multi-sports club in East Berlin from 1954 to 1991* Berliner FC Dynamo, an association football club separated out of SC Dynamo Berlin in 1966 and still extant...

 (later Sport Club Berlin).

Career

After three World Junior titles, Zeidler won gold in the women’s eight at the 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

.

A year later she won the world titles in Bled (Slovenia) in the coxless pair. At the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

 she won bronze in the women’s eight with the unified German eight.

Zeidler lives with her husband, Matthias Ungemach

Matthias Ungemach

Matthias Ungemach is a German rower , double World Champion and Olympian....

, and two sons and one daughter on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

Junior world championships

• 1984: Joenkoepping (SWE) – 1st place (quadruple scull )
• 1986: Roudnice
  Roudnice
  Roudnice is a village in Hradec Králové Region in Eastern Bohemia, the Czech Republic. It is a birthplace of František Xaver Matějka , father of famous Polish painter Jan Matejko. In addition, the Olympic water polo player Kurt Epstein grew up in Roudnice....
  
   (CZE) – 1st place (quadruple scull)

World championships

• 1989: Bled
  Bled
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   (SLO) – 1st place (coxless pair)
• 1990: Lake Barrington
  Lake Barrington (Tasmania)
  Lake Barrington is an artificial lake in northern Tasmania, 40 km south of Devonport. It is 20 km long-Creation:It was built on the Forth River in 1969 to provide a head of water for the Devils Gate Power Station...
  
   (AUS) – 3rd place (coxless four)
• 1991: Vienna
  Vienna
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   (AUT) – 3rd place (coxless pair)

Olympics

• 1988: Seoul
  Seoul
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   (KOR) – 1st place (eight)
• 1992: Barcelona
  Barcelona
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  (SPA) – 3rd place (eight)

External links

• Judith Zeidler dataOlympics profile