Fanny Fischer

Fanny Fischer (born 7 September 1986 in Potsdam) is a German canoe sprinter 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]

Fanny Fischer

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

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. 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. "Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
7. "Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
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. 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.