Fritzi Schwingl

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.[1]

Fritzi Schwingl

Medal record
Representing  Austria
Women's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
	1948 London	K-1 500 m
Canoe Sprint World Championships
	1950 Copenhagen	K-2 500 m
	1954 Mâcon	K-1 500 m
	1948 London	K-2 500 m
	1950 Copenhagen	K-1 500 m
Women's canoe slalom
Canoe Slalom World Championships
	1949 Geneva	Folding K-1 team
	1951 Steyr	Folding K-1 team
	1953 Meran	Folding K-1
	1949 Geneva	Folding K-1
	1951 Steyr	Folding K-1
	1953 Meran	Folding K-1 team
	1957 Augsburg	Folding K-1 team

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 is the only woman to medal at both the slalom and sprint canoeing world championships.

References

1. Canoeing at the 1948 London Summer Games: Women's Kayak Singles, 500 metres Final Round Archived November 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine SportsReference.com

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fritzi Schwingl". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11.
• Amtsblatt Stadt Klosterneuburg, July 2011 - Mention of Fritzi Schwingl's 90th birthday (in German)