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Franziska van Almsick
Swimmer, Olympic athlete
1978 –
Who is Franziska van Almsick?
Franziska van Almsick 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. 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. She has two sons, born in 2006 and 2013. The family's residence is Heidelberg.
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- Born
- Apr 5, 1978
Berlin - Also known as
- Franziska Almsick
- franziska_van_almsick
- Franziska Vanalmsick
- Spouses
- Jürgen B. Harder
(2005 - )
- Jürgen B. Harder
- Children
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Lived in
- Berlin
- East Berlin
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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