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Birgit Fischer
Winning eight Olympic canoe sprint gold medals across six Games.
K1 500m gold · Two golds
- Born
- 25 February 1962
- Birthplace
- Germany
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Birgit Fischer
Birgit Fischer is a German kayaker whose Olympic medal-winning career stretched from Moscow in 1980 to Athens in 2004. She competed first for East Germany and later for reunited Germany.
Early life
Brandenburg
Grew up in Brandenburg an der Havel.
Training
Attended a sports boarding school in Potsdam.
Career
- 1978
World stage
Began winning world championship medals.
- 1980
Olympic debut
Won K1 500m gold aged 18.
- 1992
Reunified team
Won Olympic gold representing Germany.
- 2004
Final Olympics
Won K4 gold and K2 silver aged 42.
Achievements
K1 500m gold
Won her first Olympic title in Moscow.
Two golds
Won the K2 and K4 500m events in Seoul.
Eighth gold
Won the K4 500m race in Athens.
Beyond sport
Photography
Exhibited photographs through Art of the Olympians.
Family
Has two children from her marriage to canoeist Jörg Schmidt.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Biography and career evidence ↗Photo: Birgit_Fischer_und_Freya_Hoffmeister.jpg : Landesvertretung Schleswig-Holstein derivative work: César. CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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