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Jörg Hoffmann and Franziska van Almsick (11 years old) at the East Germany Spartakiad of 1989

Medal record
Women's swimming
Competitor for Germany
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	200 m butterfly
Silver	1995 Vienna	50 m freestyle
Silver	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.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Franziska's official site

[edit] References

^ "ESPN Sydney Swimming". http://static.espn.go.com/oly/summer00/swimming/index.html. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
^ "2004 Olympic Games swimming results". http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/schedules/117BySport.html. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
^ Zeiten der Liebe : Textarchiv : Berliner Zeitung

Records
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

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 (USA) • 1994: Franziska Van Almsick (GER) • 1998: Claudia Poll (CRC) • 2001: Giaan Rooney (AUS) • 2003: Alena Popchanka (BLR) • 2005: Solenne Figues (FRA) • 2007: Laure Manaudou (FRA) • 2009: Federica Pellegrini (ITA)

European Champions in Women's 50 m Freestyle

1987: Tamara Costache (ROM) • 1989: Catherine Plewinski (FRA) • 1991: Simone Osygus (GER) • 1993: Franziska van Almsick (GER) • 1995: Linda Olofsson (SWE) • 1997: Natalya Mersheryakova (RUS) • 1999: Inge de Bruijn (NED) • 2000: Therese Alshammar (SWE) • 2002: Therese Alshammar (SWE) • 2004: Therese Alshammar (SWE) • 2006: Britta Steffen (GER) • 2008: Marleen Veldhuis (NED)

European Champions in Women's 100 m Freestyle

1927: Maria Vierdag (NED) • 1931: Yvonne Godard (FRA) • 1934: Willy den Ouden (NED) • 1938: Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) • 1947: Fritzie Nathansen (DEN) • 1950: Irma Schumacher (NED) • 1954: Katalin Szőke (HUN) • 1958: Kate Jobson (SWE) • 1962: Heidi Pechstein (GDR) • 1966: Martina Grunert (GDR) • 1970: Gabriele Wetzko (GDR) • 1974: Kornelia Ender (GDR) • 1977: Barbara Krause (GDR) • 1981: Caren Metschuck (GDR) • 1983: Birgit Meineke (GDR) • 1985: Heike Friedrich (GDR) • 1987: Kristin Otto (GDR) • 1989: Katrin Meißner (GDR) • 1991: Catherine Plewinski (FRA) • 1993: Franziska van Almsick (GER) • 1995: Franziska van Almsick (GER) • 1997: Sandra Völker (GER) • 1999: Sue Rolph (GBR) • 2000: Therese Alshammar (SWE) • 2002: Franziska van Almsick (GER) • 2004: Malia Metella (FRA) • 2006: Britta Steffen (GER) • 2008: Marleen Veldhuis (NED)

European Champions in Women's 200 m Freestyle

1970: Gabriele Wetzko (GDR) • 1974: Kornelia Ender (GDR) • 1977: Petra Thümer (GDR) • 1981: Carmela Schmidt (GDR) • 1983: Birgit Meineke (GDR) • 1985: Heike Friedrich (GDR) • 1987: Heike Friedrich (GDR) • 1989: Manuela Stellmach (GDR) • 1991: Mette Jacobsen (DEN) • 1993: Franziska van Almsick (GER) • 1995: Kerstin Kielgass (GER) • 1997: Michelle Smith (IRL) • 1999: Camelia Potec (ROM) • 2000: Natalya Baranovskaya (BLR) • 2002: Franziska van Almsick (GER) • 2004: Camelia Potec (ROM) • 2006: Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL) • 2008: Sara Isakovič (SLO)

European Champions in Women's 400 m Freestyle

1927: Maria Braun (NED) • 1931: Maria Braun (NED) • 1934: Rie Mastenbroek (NED) • 1938: Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) • 1947: Karen Margrete Harup (DEN) • 1950: Grete Andersen (DEN) • 1954: Agata Sebö (HUN) • 1958: Jans Koster (NED) • 1962: Adrie Lasterie (NED) • 1966: Claude Mandonnaud (FRA) • 1970: Elke Sehmisch (GDR) • 1972: Angela Franke (GDR) • 1977: Petra Thümer (GDR) • 1981: Ines Diers (GDR) • 1983: Astrid Strauss (GDR) • 1985: Astrid Strauss (GDR) • 1987: Heike Friedrich (GDR) • 1989: Anke Möhring (GDR) • 1991: Irene Dalby (NOR) • 1993: Dagmar Hase (GER) • 1995: Franziska van Almsick (GER) • 1997: Dagmar Hase (GER) • 1999: Camelia Potec (ROM) • 2000: Yana Klochkova (UKR) • 2002: Yana Klochkova (UKR) • 2004: Laure Manaudou (FRA) • 2006: Laure Manaudou (FRA) • 2008: Federica Pellegrini (ITA)

v • d • e European Short Course Champions in Women's 50 m Freestyle

1991: Simone Osygus (GER) • 1992: Franziska van Almsick (GER) • 1993 – 1996: Sandra Völker (GER) • 1998: Inge de Bruijn (NED) • 1999 – 2000: Therese Alshammar (SWE) • 2001: Inge de Bruijn (NED) • 2002: Alison Sheppard (GBR) • 2003 – 2008: Marleen Veldhuis (NED) • 2009: Hinkelien Schreuder (NED)

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