Josefa Idem

Quick Facts

Full Name	Josefa Idem
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Sep 23, 1964(1964-09-23)
Age	60
Birthplace	Goch
Country	Germany
Birth City	North Rhine-Westphalia
Horoscope	Virgo

Josefa Idem Biography

Josefa Idem is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on September 23, 1964 in Goch, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Josefa Idem married Guerrini (born 23 September 1964) is an Italian athlete who became a politician. In eight Summer Olympics she has won five medals. In addition to winning 35 international medals in their career Idem became the very first Italian woman to be awarded World Championships (22 total, five gold) and Olympic medals in the canoe race. At the world championships in 2009 she became the longest-running medalist ever to win at the championship worlds.

It was also the start of her most productive period. From 1997 to 2002, she took home 3 World Championships titles (as well as 10 bronze and silver medals) and five European titles, and finally winning the Olympic gold medal at Sydney 2000. In 2003 she welcomed her second child. However, she competed in the K-1 500m at the Olympic Games at Athens at the end of 2004, securing an Olympic silver medal.

In her seventh Olympic appearance, at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, at the age of 43, she won her fifth medal, the silver in K-1 500 m; after leading for much of the latter part of the race, she was overtaken at the very end by the Ukrainian kayaker, losing to her in a photo finish by only four thousandths of a second, 1:50.677 to 1:50.673. After the race she said that she wanted to continue until the 2012 Olympics in London. Idem qualified for the 2012 Olympics and ultimately achieved a 5th place in the finals.

On 28 April 2013, she was named a minister without portfolio for equal opportunities and sports as part of a grand coalition cabinet headed by Democratic Party member Enrico Letta. However, she resigned two months later on 24 June due to legal charges over allegedly unpaid taxes.

Idem was married to Guerrini in 1990 , and became an Italian citizen in the year 1992. She participated for Italy in the Olympic Games the same year and finished fourth. A few years later during the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta she took home silver in the event K-1 500m race.

Josefa Idem Net Worth

Josefa Idem is one of the richest Politician from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Josefa Idem 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Josefa Idem was born in Goch, West Germany, and started paddling at eleven. In 1977, at the age of thirteen she participated in the European Championships in Plovdiv and received gold medals in 2000, 500, and 1000 metres , and bronze in tandem paddling (“K-2”) together with Ravetta Rosette. In the years following, she mainly focused on her education in the language however, she did compete with West Germany at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, winning a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m race with Barbara Schuttpelz. The following time, Idem switched to the K-1 events.

In the 1988 Olympics in Seoul In Seoul, she placed ninth in the K-1500 meters and was fifth in her fellow West German quartet in the K-4 500 meters. In November that same year, Idem made the move to Italy and eventually became acquainted with Gugliemo Guerrini who is her current partner and husband. This partnership was rewarded when she took home two bronze medals in the 1988 World Championships in Plovdiv, the city where she received her first medal at an international level.

From 2001 to 2007 she served as Ravenna city councillor delegate for sports (assessore in Italian), as member of the centre-left Olive Tree. She then became a member of the Democratic Party, being then named a parliamentary candidate for the Senate after winning the party’s 2012 primary elections. She was elected into Parliament as a result of the 2013 general election.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Josefa Idem Dating?

According to our records, Josefa Idem married to Guglielmo Guerrini. As of December 1, 2023, Josefa Idem’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Josefa Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Josefa Idem celebrates birthday on September 23 of every year.