(German - Born : 29 August 1962) From 1987, when she first entered the Pharaohs Rally, until 1992 she competed in the motorcycle division in many cross country rallies and scored a number of class victories. She started competing on four wheels in 1993 when she was the co-driver of Jean-Louis Schlesser in the UAE Desert Challenge. The 1994 season saw her debut as a driver in the Tunisia Rally. From that event until the 1996 season she entered many more events on both two and four wheels and achieved a lot of good results. In 1997 she started to compete exclusively on four wheels. She entered the Dakar-Agades-Dakar Rally and her 5th place overall in that event showed the world what this overwhelming woman was capable of. Her 3rd overall place in the 1999 Granada-Dakar was her best result and it proved that she was able to match the best drivers' pace in every event. And great things are expected from her in the future. In the 2000 World Cross-Country Rally Championship Kleinschmidt took her distinctive red Pajero to four class wins with the help of her Swedish co-driver Tina Thorner. For the last two rounds she teamed up with veteran Andreas Schulz. She finished the UAE Desert Challenge in 6th position and was 2nd in the Drivers' Championship, right behind Dakar winner and former team-mate Jean-Louis Schlesser.

Recent results :
1994	UAE Desert Challenge	4th overall
1995	Granada-Dakar	12th overall
	Italian Baja	3rd overall
	UAE Desert Challenge	3rd overall
1996	UAE Desert Challenge	3rd overall
1997	Dakar-Agades-Dakar	5th overall
	Italian Baja	3rd overall
	Baja Spain	3rd overall
1998	Paris-Granada-Dakar	24th overall
	UAE Desert Challenge	4th overall
1999	Granada-Dakar	3rd overall
	Italian Baja	4th overall
	Tunisia Rally	4th overall
	UAE desert Challenge	3rd overall
2000	Paris-Dakar-Cairo	5th overall
	Tunisia Rally	2nd overall
	Rallye Maroc	4th overall
	Baja Spain	2nd overall
	Master Rally	2nd overall
	UAE Desert Challenge	6th overall