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Franziska van Almsick (; born 5 April 1978) is a German swimmer. She won her first Olympic medals in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games aged 14.
Her career began at the SC Dynamo Berlin. She has the distinction of having the most career Olympic medals, ten, without ever winning a gold medal. She ended her career at the Athens Olympic Games in 2004.
In 1993, she was named by ''
Her career began at the SC Dynamo Berlin. She has the distinction of having the most career Olympic medals, ten, without ever winning a gold medal. She ended her career at the Athens Olympic Games in 2004.
In 1993, she was named by ''Swimming World magazine
''Swimming World'' is a US-based monthly swimming magazine that was first published in a magazine format as ''Junior Swimmer'' in January 1960. It concurrently runs online websites ''Swimming World Magazine'' and ''Swimming World News'', (known ...
'' as the Female World Swimmer of the Year.
She has two sons, born in 2006 and 2013. The family's residence is Heidelberg
Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...
.
See also
*List of German records in swimming
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People
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Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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* List of multiple Summer Olympic medalists
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List of multiple Summer Olympic medalists
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* List of multiple Olympic medalists at a single Games
List of most medals won at a single Olympic Games
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* World record progression 50 metres freestyle
* World record progression 100 metres freestyle
* World record progression 200 metres freestyle
* Sport in Berlin
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