Rower Judith Zeidler was a member of the East German eights at the 1988 Seoul Games, winning the gold medal. Four years later at Barcelona, she added a bronze medal with the now re-unified German eights. At World Championships, she won gold with Kathrin Haacker in the coxless pairs in 1987, and bronze with the coxless fours in 1990 and 1991.
Zeidler was awarded the Silver Bay Leaf, Germany’s highest sports award. After re-unification, she married teammate Matthias Ungemach and the family moved to Australia, near Sydney, and raised two children. Judith Ungemach owned an online distribution company for children’s products. The couple also worked as rowing coaches. Their nephews Oliver and Marie Zeidler became successful international rowers.