Franziska van Almsick

Franziska van Almsick

Jörg Hoffmann together with Franziska van Almsick (just 11 years old) at the Spartakiad in 1989
Personal information
Nationality	Germany
Born	(1978-04-05) 5 April 1978 East Berlin, now Berlin
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	66 kilograms (146 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Freestyle
Club	SG Neukölln
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for  Germany Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 4 6 World Championships (LC) 2 2 2 European Championships (LC) 18 3 0 European Championships (SC) 4 1 0 Total 24 10 8 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 (LC) 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 100 m butterfly Silver 1995 Vienna 50 m freestyle Silver 1999 Istanbul 4×100 m medley European Championships (SC) Gold 1992 Espoo 50 m freestyle Gold 1992 Espoo 4×50 m freestyle Gold 1992 Espoo 4×50 m medley Gold 1998 Sheffield 4×50 m medley Silver 1998 Sheffield 200 m freestyle

Franziska van Almsick (born 5 April 1978 in Berlin, East Berlin) 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] She has the distinction of having the most career Olympic medals without ever winning a gold medal. Over her career, Van Almsick won ten 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, her residence is Heidelberg.

See also

• List of German records in swimming
• World record progression 50 metres freestyle
• List of multiple Olympic medalists at a single Games

References

External links

• Franziska's official site
• Franziska van Almsick at Sports-Reference.com

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