Frank Fischer

Not to be confused with Frank Fisher.
Frank Fischer
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1983 Tampere K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1983 Tampere K-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 1985 Mechelen K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1986 Montreal K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1981 Nottingham K-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 1982 Belgrade K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1986 Montreal K-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Nottingham K-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Mechelen K-4 1000 m

Frank Fischer is an East German sprint canoer who competed from 1981 to 1986. He won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (K-2 500 m: 1983, K-2 1000 m: 1983, K-4 500 m: 1985, 1986), three silvers (K-2 1000 m: 1981, 1986; K-4 500 m: 1982), and two bronzes (K-2 500 m: 1981, K-4 1000 m: 1985).[1][2]

Personal life

Fischer's wife, Sarina, won a gold medal in women's swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow in the 4 x 100 m freestyle relay (anchor leg) and competed in the qualifying round of the 4 x 100 m medley relay.[3][4] His daughter, Fanny, won the gold medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing along with nine ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medals of her own.[1][3][5] His sister, Birgit Fischer, won twelve medals in canoeing at the Summer Olympics between 1980 and 2004.[3] Fischer's son, Falco, is also a canoer.

References

  1. ^ a b 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 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010). Additional archives: BCU.org.uk.
  2. ^ 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 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009). Additional archives: BCU.org.uk.
  3. ^ a b c Yahoo! August 19, 2008 article on Fanny Fischer's (daughter) relationship to her aunt Birgit (sister). - accessed August 22, 2008.
  4. ^ Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Swimming (Women)". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. pp. 996, 1000.
  5. ^ "2007 ICF Flatwater Racing World Championships official website". Archived from the original on 2007-12-05. Retrieved 2018-11-04.