Birgit Fischer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Birgit Fischer

East German kayaker

Date of Birth: 25-Feb-1962

Place of Birth: Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg, Germany

Profession: athletics competitor, kayaker

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Birgit Fischer

  • Birgit Fischer (born 25 February 1962) is a German kayaker, who has won eight gold medals over six different Olympic Games, a record she shares with Aladár Gerevich, spanning seven Olympiads: twice representing East Germany (interrupted by the boycott of 1984), then four times representing the reunited nation.
  • After both the 1988 and 2000 games, she announced her retirement, only to return for the subsequent games.
  • She has been both the youngest- and oldest-ever Olympic canoeing champion (ages 18 and 42).
  • In 2004, she was voted German sportswoman of the year. Fischer was born in Brandenburg an der Havel, then in East Germany.
  • She attended an ASK (army sports club) boarding school in Potsdam, and worked as a sports instructor in the National People's Army, attaining a rank of major by the time of German reunification in 1990.
  • She was married from 1984 to 1993 to canoeist Jörg Schmidt, silver medalist in the C-1 1000 m event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
  • She lives with their two children in Brandenburg.
  • In 1999 she stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for the FDP in the European Parliament election.
  • Fischer's niece, Fanny, competed for Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, winning a gold in the K-4 500 m event.
  • Fischer's brother Frank won nine world championship medals between 1981 and 1986. She also won 38 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medals between 1978 and 2005, including 28 golds.
  • Fischer's career medal count was surpassed by Hungary's Katalin Kovács at the 2011 championships in Szeged. Fischer is also a photographer and displays works through the Art of the Olympians.

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