Friederike "Fritzi" Schwingl (28 July 1921 – 9 July 2016) was an Austrian slalom and sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. She won a bronze medal in the K-1 500 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.[1]
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Austria
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| Women's canoe sprint | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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1948 London | K-1 500 m |
| Canoe Sprint World Championships | ||
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1950 Copenhagen | K-2 500 m |
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1954 Mâcon | K-1 500 m |
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1948 London | K-2 500 m |
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1950 Copenhagen | K-1 500 m |
| Women's canoe slalom | ||
| Canoe Slalom World Championships | ||
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1949 Geneva | Folding K-1 team |
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1951 Steyr | Folding K-1 team |
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1953 Meran | Folding K-1 |
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1949 Geneva | Folding K-1 |
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1951 Steyr | Folding K-1 |
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1953 Meran | Folding K-1 team |
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1957 Augsburg | Folding K-1 team |
Biography edit
Schwingl won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two silvers (K-1 500 m: 1954, K-2 500 m: 1950) and two bronzes (K-1 500 m: 1950, K-2 500 m: 1948). She also won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (Folding K-1: 1953; Folding K-1 team: 1949, 1951), two silvers (Folding K-1: 1949, 1951) and two bronzes (Folding K-1 team: 1953, 1957). As of 2009, Schwingl is the only woman to medal at both the slalom and sprint canoeing world championships.
References edit
- ^ Canoeing at the 1948 London Summer Games: Women's Kayak Singles, 500 metres Final Round Archived November 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine SportsReference.com
External links edit
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fritzi Schwingl". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11.
- Amtsblatt Stadt Klosterneuburg, July 2011 - Mention of Fritzi Schwingl's 90th birthday (in German)
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