Fanny Fischer

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

Fanny Fischer (born 7 September 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 × 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 × 100 m freestyle relay (anchor leg). Hülsenbeck competed in the qualifying round of the women's 4 × 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. Fischer's brother, Falco, is also a canoer.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Website biography. Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine – accessed 22 August 2008.
  2. ^ Yahoo! profile. – accessed 22 August 2008.
  3. ^ Yahoo! August 22, 2008 women's flatwater K-4 500 m final results. – accessed 23 August 2008.
  4. ^ Yahoo! August 23, 2008 women's flatwater K-2 500m final results. – accessed 23 August 2008
  5. ^ Sports-reference.com profile
  6. ^ a b ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007. Archived 5 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships official website". Archived from the original on 5 December 2007. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  9. ^ Canoe09.ca profile Archived 14 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ a b c Yahoo! August 19, 2008 article on Fanny Fischer's relationship to her aunt Birgit. – accessed 22 August 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.
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