Franziska van Almsick

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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
Bronze	1994 Rome	100 m Freestyle
Gold	1994 Rome	200 m Freestyle
Bronze	1994 Rome	4×100 m Freestyle
Silver	1994 Rome	4×200 m Freestyle
Silver	1998 Perth	4×100 m Freestyle
Gold	1998 Perth	4×200 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 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. 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 January 7, 2007.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Franziska's official site

[edit] References

^ ESPN Sydney Swimming. Retrieved on 2007-07-22.
^ 2004 Olympic Games swimming results. Retrieved on 2007-07-22.
^ Zeiten der Liebe : Textarchiv : Berliner Zeitung

Records
Preceded by Heike Friedrich	Women's 200 metre Freestyle World Record Holder (Long Course) September 6, 1994 – March 27, 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