Franziska van Almsick
German swimmer (born 1978)
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Born | (1978-04-05) 5 April 1978 (age 46) East Berlin, East Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Franziska van Almsick (German pronunciation: [fʁanˈt͡sɪska fan ˈalmsɪk] ⓘ; born 5 April 1978) is a German former swimmer. She won her first Olympic medals in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games aged 14.
Her career began at the SC Dynamo Berlin.[1] She has the distinction of having the most career Olympic medals, ten, without ever winning a gold medal. 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.
She has two sons, born in 2006 and 2013. The family's residence is Heidelberg.
See also
- List of German records in swimming
- List of multiple Summer Olympic medalists
- List of multiple Olympic medalists at a single Games
- World record progression 50 metres freestyle
- World record progression 100 metres freestyle
- World record progression 200 metres freestyle
- Sport in Berlin
References
- ^ "Zeiten der Liebe : Textarchiv : Berliner Zeitung". Archived from the original on 11 January 2005. Retrieved 30 November 2007.
External links
- Official website
- Franziska van Almsick at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Franziska van Almsick at Olympics.com
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Preceded by | Women's 200 metre freestyle world record holder (long course) 6 September 1994 – 27 March 2007 | Succeeded by |
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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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World long-course champions in women's 200 m freestyle
- 1973: Keena Rothhammer (USA)
- 1975: Shirley Babashoff (USA)
- 1978: Cynthia Woodhead (USA)
- 1982: Annemarie Verstappen (NED)
- 1986: Heike Friedrich (GDR)
- 1991: Hayley Lewis (AUS)
- 1994: Franziska van Almsick (GER)
- 1998: Claudia Poll (CRC)
- 2001: Giaan Rooney (AUS)
- 2003: Alena Popchanka (BLR)
- 2005: Solenne Figuès (FRA)
- 2007: Laure Manaudou (FRA)
- 2009: Federica Pellegrini (ITA)
- 2011: Federica Pellegrini (ITA)
- 2013: Missy Franklin (USA)
- 2015: Katie Ledecky (USA)
- 2017: Federica Pellegrini (ITA)
- 2019: Federica Pellegrini (ITA)
- 2022: Yang Junxuan (CHN)
- 2023: Mollie O'Callaghan (AUS)
- 2024: Siobhán Haughey (HKG)