Fritzi Schwingl
{{Short description|Austrian canoeist (1921–2016)}}
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{{MedalCountry| {{AUT}} }}
{{MedalSport|Women's canoe sprint}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalBronze|1948 London|K-1 500 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|Canoe Sprint World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|1950 Copenhagen|K-2 500 m}}
{{MedalSilver|1954 Mâcon|K-1 500 m}}
{{MedalBronze|1948 London|K-2 500 m}}
{{MedalBronze|1950 Copenhagen|K-1 500 m}}
{{MedalSport|Women's canoe slalom}}
{{MedalCompetition|Canoe Slalom World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1949 Geneva|Folding K-1 team}}
{{MedalGold|1951 Steyr|Folding K-1 team}}
{{MedalGold|1953 Meran|Folding K-1}}
{{MedalSilver|1949 Geneva|Folding K-1}}
{{MedalSilver|1951 Steyr|Folding K-1}}
{{MedalBronze|1953 Meran|Folding K-1 team}}
{{MedalBronze|1957 Augsburg|Folding K-1 team}}
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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.[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/CAN/womens-kayak-singles-500-metres-final-round.html Canoeing at the 1948 London Summer Games: Women's Kayak Singles, 500 metres Final Round] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111074823/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/CAN/womens-kayak-singles-500-metres-final-round.html |date=November 11, 2012 }} SportsReference.com
Biography
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 was the only woman to medal at both the slalom and sprint canoeing world championships.
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External links
- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/fritzi-schwingl-1.html |title=Fritzi Schwingl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011200434/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/fritzi-schwingl-1.html |archive-date=2012-10-11 |url-status=dead}}
- [http://www.klosterneuburg.at/gemeindeamt/download/222460192_1.pdf Amtsblatt] Stadt Klosterneuburg, July 2011 - Mention of Fritzi Schwingl's 90th birthday {{in lang|de}}
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Category:Austrian female canoeists
Category:Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic canoeists for Austria
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Austria
Category:Olympic medalists in canoeing
Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
Category:Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
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