Judith Zeidler
German-Australian rower
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Judith Ungemach (née Zeidler, born 11 May 1968) is a German-Australian world champion rower and Olympic gold and bronze medalist.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's rowing | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
Representing  East Germany | ||
 | 1988 Seoul | Eight |
Representing  Germany | ||
 | 1992 Barcelona | Eight |
| World Rowing Championships | ||
| Representing East Germany | ||
| 1989 Bled | Coxless pairs |
| 1990 Tasmania | Coxless fours |
| Representing Germany | ||
| 1991 Vienna | Coxless fours |
Early life and education
Zeidler was born in Beeskow, Brandenburg. She started rowing at the age of thirteen at the East German best rowing club Dynamo Berlin (later Sport Club Berlin).[citation needed]
Career
After three World Junior titles, Zeidler won gold in the women's eight at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1] A year later she won the world titles in Bled (Slovenia) in the coxless pair. At the 1992 Summer Olympics she won bronze in the women's eight with the unified German eight.[1]
Zeidler lives with her husband, Matthias Ungemach,[2] and two sons and one daughter on Sydney's Northern Beaches.
Achievements
Junior world championships
World championships
- 1989: Bled (SLO) – 1st place (coxless pair)
- 1990: Lake Barrington (AUS) – 3rd place (coxless four)
- 1991: Vienna (AUT) – 3rd place (coxless four)