Franziska van Almsick

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Olympic medal record
Women's Swimming
Silver Barcelona 1992 200m Freestyle
Silver Barcelona 1992 4x100m Medley Relay
Silver Atlanta 1996 200m Freestyle
Silver Atlanta 1996 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Bronze Barcelona 1992 100m Freestyle
Bronze Barcelona 1992 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Bronze Atlanta 1996 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Bronze Sydney 2000 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Bronze Athens 2004 4x100m Medley Relay
Bronze Athens 2004 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Franziska van Almsick (born April 5, 1978 in East Berlin, Germany) is a German swimmer. She won her first Olympic Medals in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games aged fourteen.

Over her career, Van Almsick earned ten career Olympic medals, with none of them being 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 is born on January 7, 2007.

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