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Jörg Hoffmann and Franziska van Almsick (11 years old) at the East Germany Spartakiad of 1989
Franziska van Almsick
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney [1] 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens [2] 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships - Long Course
Gold medal – first place 1994 Rome 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1998 Perth 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1994 Rome 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1998 Perth 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Rome 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Rome 4×100 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 1993 Sheffield 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1993 Sheffield 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1993 Sheffield 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1993 Sheffield 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1993 Sheffield 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1993 Sheffield 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 1995 Vienna 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1995 Vienna 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1995 Vienna 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1995 Vienna 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1995 Vienna 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 1999 Istanbul 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1999 Istanbul 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2002 Berlin 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2002 Berlin 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2002 Berlin 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2002 Berlin 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2002 Berlin 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1993 Sheffield 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 1995 Vienna 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1999 Istanbul 4×100 m medley

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 earned ten career 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.

See also

References

  1. ^ "ESPN Sydney Swimming". Retrieved 2009-03-14.
  2. ^ "2004 Olympic Games swimming results". Retrieved 2007-07-22.
  3. ^ Zeiten der Liebe : Textarchiv : Berliner Zeitung
Records
Preceded by Women's 200 metre freestyle
world record holder (long Course)
6 September 1994 – 27 March 2007 		Succeeded by
Awards
Preceded by German Sportswoman of the Year
1993 		Succeeded by
Preceded by German Sportswoman of the Year
1995 		Succeeded by
Preceded by German Sportswoman of the Year
2002 		Succeeded by
Preceded by World Swimmer of the Year
1993 		Succeeded by
Preceded by European Swimmer of the Year
1993 – 1994 		Succeeded by
Preceded by European Swimmer of the Year
2002 		Succeeded by


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