Josefa Idem-Guerrini
Biographical information
| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
|---|---|
| Sex | Female |
| Full name | Josefa•Idem-Guerrini |
| Used name | Josefa•Idem-Guerrini |
| Born | 23 September 1964 in Goch, Nordrhein-Westfalen (GER) |
| Measurements | 176 cm / 67 kg |
| Affiliations | KV Herringen / WV Schierstein / ACK Standiana / Circolo Canottieri Aniene 1892 |
| NOC |  Italy  West Germany |
| Medals | OG |
| Gold | 1 |
| Silver | 2 |
| Bronze | 2 |
| Total | 5 |
Biography
At the 2012 Olympic Games Josefa Idem-Guerrini set an Olympic record by becoming the first woman to compete at eight Olympic Games. Born in West Germany, she first competed at the Games in 1984, immediately wining a bronze medal with Barbara Schüttpelz in the K-2. Shortly after the Seoul Games, she moved to Italy. There, she met her new coach and future husband, Guglielmo Guerrini. The new partnership proved successful, winning her first World Championship medals in 1989. Starting in 1990, Josefa Idem competed for Italy, and she promptly won her first world title, in the K-1 500, adding a second one in the K-1 5,000 in 1991. The results at the Olympic Games were somewhat disappointing, finishing fourth in Barcelona and third in Atlanta.
But Idem-Guerrini rose to the top again, winning another world title in 1998 (K-1 1,000), her first Olympic gold in Sydney and the double (K-1 500 and 1,000) at the 2001 World Championships in Poznań. After giving birth to her second child, she made a comeback at the Athens Olympics. While failing to defend her title, she still managed a silver medal. She repeated this at the Beijing Games, where she finished only 4/1000ths of a second behind the gold medallist, Inna Osypenko-Radomska. During her career she won five Olympic medals, and 22 World Championship medals, including five World golds.
Later she became involved in politics and in 2013 she became Minister for Gender Equality and Sports in the Italian government.
Results
Special Notes
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Canoe Sprint European Championships (8–4–3 1997 Plovdiv gold: K1 200 m, K1 500 m, and K1 1000 m, bronze: K2 500 m (competed for Italy); 1999 Zagreb gold: K1 200 m, K1 500 m, and K1 1000 m (competed for Italy); 2000 Poznań gold: K1 1000 m, silver: K1 200 m (competed for Italy); 2001 Milano gold: K1 1000 m, silver: K1 500 m (competed for Italy); 2002 Szeged silver: K1 500 m and K1 1000 m (competed for Italy); 2006 Račice bronze: K1 1000 m (competed for Italy); 2008 Milano bronze: K1 500 m (competed for Italy))
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Canoe Sprint World Championships (5–9–8 1989 Plovdiv bronze: K1 500 m and K1 5000 m (competed as Josefa Idem for West Germany); 1990 Poznań gold: K1 500 m, silver: K1 5000 m (competed for Italy); 1991 Paris gold: K1 5000 m, bronze: K1 500 m (competed for Italy); 1994 Ciudad de México bronze: K1 500 m (competed for Italy); 1997 Dartmouth silver: K1 200 m, K1 500 m, and K1 1000 m (competed for Italy); 1998 Szeged gold: K1 1000 m, silver: K1 200 m, bronze: K1 500 m (competed for Italy); 1999 Milano silver: K1 200 m, K1 500 m, and K1 1000 m (competed for Italy); 2001 Poznań gold: K1 500 m and K1 1000 m (competed for Italy); 2002 Sevilla bronze: K1 500 m and K1 1000 m (competed for Italy); 2006 Szeged silver: K1 500 m (competed for Italy); 2009 Dartmouth bronze: K1 500 m (competed for Italy))
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Mediterranean Games (3–0–1 1997 Bari CAN gold: K1 500 m and K2 500 m (competed as Josefa Idem for Italy); 2009 Pescara CAN gold: K1 1000 m, bronze: K1 500 m (competed as Josefa Idem for Italy))
- Listed in Olympians Who Received the Italian Olympic Association (CONI) Gold Medal ()
- Listed in Olympians Who Were Members of National Legislatures (Member of Italian Parliament from (2013-2018))