Franziska van Almsick
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| Medal record | ||
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| Women's swimming | ||
Competitor for  Germany |
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 1992 Barcelona | 200 m freestyle |
| Silver | 1992 Barcelona | 4×100 m medley |
| Silver | 1996 Atlanta | 200 m freestyle |
| Silver | 1996 Atlanta | 4×200 m freestyle |
| Bronze | 1992 Barcelona | 100 m freestyle |
| Bronze | 1992 Barcelona | 4×100 m freestyle |
| Bronze | 1996 Atlanta | 4×100 m freestyle |
| Bronze | 2000 Sydney [1] | 4×200 m freestyle |
| Bronze | 2004 Athens [2] | 4×100 m medley |
| Bronze | 2004 Athens | 4×200 m freestyle |
| World Championships - Long Course | ||
| Gold | 1994 Rome | 200 m freestyle |
| Gold | 1998 Perth | 4×200 m freestyle |
| Silver | 1994 Rome | 4×200 m freestyle |
| Silver | 1998 Perth | 4×100 m freestyle |
| Bronze | 1994 Rome | 100 m freestyle |
| Bronze | 1994 Rome | 4×100 m freestyle |
| European Championships (LC) | ||
| Gold | 1993 Sheffield | 50 m freestyle |
| Gold | 1993 Sheffield | 100 m freestyle |
| Gold | 1993 Sheffield | 200 m freestyle |
| Gold | 1993 Sheffield | 4×100 m freestyle |
| Gold | 1993 Sheffield | 4×200 m freestyle |
| Gold | 1993 Sheffield | 4×100 m medley |
| Gold | 1995 Vienna | 100 m freestyle |
| Gold | 1995 Vienna | 400 m freestyle |
| Gold | 1995 Vienna | 4×100 m freestyle |
| Gold | 1995 Vienna | 4×200 m freestyle |
| Gold | 1995 Vienna | 4×100 m medley |
| Gold | 1999 Istanbul | 4×100 m freestyle |
| Gold | 1999 Istanbul | 4×200 m freestyle |
| Gold | 2002 Berlin | 100 m freestyle |
| Gold | 2002 Berlin | 200 m freestyle |
| Gold | 2002 Berlin | 4×100 m freestyle |
| Gold | 2002 Berlin | 4×200 m freestyle |
| Gold | 2002 Berlin | 4×100 m medley |
| Silver | 1993 Sheffield | 100 m butterfly |
| Silver | 1995 Vienna | 50 m freestyle |
| Silver | 1999 Istanbul | 4×100 m medley |
| European Championships (SC) | ||
| Gold | 1992 Espoo | 50 m freestyle |
| Gold | 1992 Espoo | 4x50 m freestyle |
| Gold | 1992 Espoo | 4x50 m medley |
| Gold | 1998 Sheffield | 4x50 m medley |
| Silver | 1998 Sheffield | 200 m freestyle |
Franziska van Almsick (born 5 April 1978 in East Berlin, Germany) is a German swimmer. She won her first Olympic medals in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games aged fourteen.
Her career begun at the SC Dynamo Berlin.[3] Over her career, Van Almsick won ten Olympic medals, none of them gold. She ended her career at the Athens Olympic Games in 2004.
In 1993, she was named by Swimming World magazine as the Female World Swimmer of the Year. Her son Don Hugo was born on 7 January 2007.
[edit] See also
- List of German records in swimming
- World record progression 50 metres freestyle
- List of multiple Olympic medalists at a single Games
[edit] References
- ^ "ESPN Sydney Swimming". http://static.espn.go.com/oly/summer00/swimming/index.html. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
- ^ "2004 Olympic Games swimming results". CNN. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/schedules/117BySport.html. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- ^ Zeiten der Liebe : Textarchiv : Berliner Zeitung
[edit] External links
| Records | ||
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Preceded by Heike Friedrich |
Women's 200 metre freestyle world record holder (long Course) 6 September 1994 – 27 March 2007 |
Succeeded by Federica Pellegrini |
| Awards | ||
| Preceded by Heike Henkel |
German Sportswoman of the Year 1993 |
Succeeded by Katja Seizinger |
| Preceded by Katja Seizinger |
German Sportswoman of the Year 1995 |
Succeeded by Katja Seizinger |
| Preceded by Hannah Stockbauer |
German Sportswoman of the Year 2002 |
Succeeded by Hannah Stockbauer |
Preceded by Krisztina Egerszegi |
World Swimmer of the Year 1993 |
Succeeded by Samantha Riley |
| Preceded by Krisztina Egerszegi |
European Swimmer of the Year 1993 – 1994 |
Succeeded by Krisztina Egerszegi |
Preceded by Inge de Bruijn |
European Swimmer of the Year 2002 |
Succeeded by Hannah Stockbauer |
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