Petra Rossner

{{short description|German cyclist}}

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| name = Petra Rossner

| image = Petra Rossner 2014 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Petra Rossner in 2014

| fullname = Petra Rossner

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|11|14|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Leipzig, East Germany

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| discipline = Road & Track

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{{MedalSport | Women's track cycling}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold | 1992 Barcelona | Individual pursuit}}

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Petra Rossner (born 14 November 1966) is a German cyclist, who won the gold medal in 3 km pursuit track cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/petra-rossner-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417222651/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/petra-rossner-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Petra Rossner Olympic Results |accessdate=10 July 2016}} In the same event, she won the 1991 World Championships and finished second in 1989.

Competing in road bicycle racing, she won the World Cup in 2002. She finished second in 2004, and finished third in the 1988 Giro d'Italia Femminile. She is a seven-time winner of the Liberty Classic—winning the event in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2004.

Rossner retired after the 2004 season.