German swimmer

Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona 200 m freestyle 1992 Barcelona 4×100 m medley 1996 Atlanta 200 m freestyle 1996 Atlanta 4×200 m freestyle 1992 Barcelona 100 m freestyle 1992 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle 1996 Atlanta 4×100 m freestyle 2000 Sydney 4×200 m freestyle 2004 Athens 4×100 m medley 2004 Athens 4×200 m freestyleWorld Championships (LC) 1994 Rome 200 m freestyle 1998 Perth 4×200 m freestyle 1994 Rome 4×200 m freestyle 1998 Perth 4×100 m freestyle 1994 Rome 100 m freestyle 1994 Rome 4×100 m freestyleEuropean Championships (LC) 1993 Sheffield 50 m freestyle 1993 Sheffield 100 m freestyle 1993 Sheffield 200 m freestyle 1993 Sheffield 4×100 m freestyle 1993 Sheffield 4×200 m freestyle 1993 Sheffield 4×100 m medley 1995 Vienna 100 m freestyle 1995 Vienna 400 m freestyle 1995 Vienna 4×100 m freestyle 1995 Vienna 4×200 m freestyle 1995 Vienna 4×100 m medley 1999 Istanbul 4×100 m freestyle 1999 Istanbul 4×200 m freestyle 2002 Berlin 100 m freestyle 2002 Berlin 200 m freestyle 2002 Berlin 4×100 m freestyle 2002 Berlin 4×200 m freestyle 2002 Berlin 4×100 m medley 1993 Sheffield 100 m butterfly 1995 Vienna 50 m freestyle 1999 Istanbul 4×100 m medleyEuropean Championships (SC) 1992 Espoo 50 m freestyle 1992 Espoo 4×50 m freestyle 1992 Espoo 4×50 m medley 1998 Sheffield 4×50 m medley 1998 Sheffield 200 m freestyle

Franziska van Almsick (German pronunciation: ; born 5 April 1978) is a German swimmer. She won her first Olympic medals in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games aged 14.

Jörg Hoffmann and van Almsick (11 years old) at the Children's and Youth Spartakiad in July 1989

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 as the Female World Swimmer of the Year.

She has two sons, born in 2006 and 2013. The family's residence is Heidelberg.

See also

• List of German records in swimming
• List of multiple Summer Olympic medalists
• List of multiple Olympic medalists at a single Games
• World record progression 50 metres freestyle
• World record progression 100 metres freestyle
• World record progression 200 metres freestyle
• Sport in Berlin

References

External links

• Official website
• Franziska van Almsick at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Franziska van Almsick at the International Olympic Committee