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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