Fanny Fischer

Fanny Fischer in 2007.
Fanny Fischer
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold 2008 Beijing K-4 500 m
World Championships
Gold 2007 Duisburg K-2 200 m
Gold 2007 Duisburg K-2 500 m
Gold 2009 Dartmouth K-1 4 x 200 m
Silver 2006 Szeged K-2 200 m
Silver 2009 Dartmouth K-2 200 m
Silver 2009 Dartmouth K-2 500 m
Silver 2010 Poznań K-4 500 m
Bronze 2005 Zagreb K-2 500 m
Bronze 2006 Szeged K-2 500 m

Fanny Fischer (born September 7, 1986 in Potsdam) is a German sprint canoer who has been competing since 1996 and on the senior circuit since 2006.[1][2] She won a gold in the women's K-4 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing[3] and finished fourth in the K-2 500 m event at those same games.[4][5]

At the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Fischer has won nine medals with three golds (K-1 4 x 200 m: 2009, K-2 200 m: 2007, K-2 500 m: 2007), four silvers (K-2 200 m: 2006, 2009; K-2 500 m: 2009), K-4 500 m: 2010, and two bronzes (K-2 500 m: 2005, 2006).[6][7][8][9]

Fischer served as the main pundit for publicly owned television channel Das Erste during their coverage of the canoeing events at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Personal life

Fischer's mother, Sarina Hülsenbeck-Fischer, won a gold medal in women's swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, earning it in the 4 x 100 m freestyle relay (anchor leg). Hülsenbeck competed in the qualifying round of the women's 4 x 100 m medley relay, but not in the final.[10][11] Her father, Frank, won nine ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medals in the early 1980s.[6][10] Her aunt, Birgit Fischer, won twelve medals in canoeing at the Summer Olympics between 1980 and 2004.[10] When not competing, she serves in the Bundeswehr as a soldier.[12] Fischer's brother, Falco, is also a canoer.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Website biography. – accessed August 22, 2008.
  2. ↑ Yahoo! profile. – accessed August 22, 2008.
  3. ↑ Yahoo! August 22, 2008 women's flatwater K-4 500 m final results. – accessed August 23, 2008.
  4. ↑ Yahoo! August 23, 2008 women's flatwater K-2 500m final results. – accessed August 23, 2008
  5. ↑ Sports-reference.com profile
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007.
  7. ↑ ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007.
  8. ↑ 2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships official website
  9. ↑ Canoe09.ca profile
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Yahoo! August 19, 2008 article on Fanny Fischer's relationship to her aunt Birgit. – accessed August 22, 2008.
  11. ↑ Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Swimming (Women)". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. pp. 996, 1000.
  12. ↑ Official website(English) & (German) – accessed August 22, 2008.

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