- Franziska van Almsick
Franziska van Almsick (born
April 5 ,1978 inEast Berlin ,Germany ) is a German swimmer. She won her first Olympic medals in 1992 at theBarcelona Olympic Games aged fourteen. Her career begun at theSC Dynamo Berlin [ [http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2002/0803/blickpunkt/0001/index.html Zeiten der Liebe : Textarchiv : Berliner Zeitung ] ] . 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 onJanuary 7 2007 .ee also
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German records in swimming
*World record progression 50 metres freestyle External links
* [http://www.franzi.de/ Franziska's official site]
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