Birgit Fischer is a German former kayaker who won eight Olympic gold medals across six different Olympic Games, a record for the discipline that she shares with Aladar Gerevich and Isabell Werth. She competed across seven Olympiads in total, twice for East Germany and four times for reunified Germany, and holds the distinction of being both the youngest and the oldest Olympic canoeing champion in history. She was named German sportswoman of the year in 2004.
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Career HighlightWon eight Olympic gold medals in kayaking across six different Olympic Games. 1 Classification
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born 25 February 1962) is a German former kayaker
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Nationality: German
Opening paragraph, Olympic record sentence
who has won eight gold medals over six different Olympic Games
Competed In: 2008 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
Fischer's niece, Fanny, competed for Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, winning a gold in the K-4 500 m event.
Competed In: 1988 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
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.
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