Franziska John

Franziska John
nation	Germany
birthday	May 24, 1989
place of birth	Potsdam ,  GDR
size	177 cm
Weight	70 kg
Career
status	active
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × 3 × 0 × World Cup medals 3 × 5 × 0 × EM medals 2 × 7 × 2 ×
Olympic games gold London 2012 Two kayaks 500 m silver London 2012 Kayak foursome 500 m silver Rio de Janeiro 2016 Two kayaks 500 m silver Rio de Janeiro 2016 Kayak foursome 500 m World Championship gold 2010 Poznan Kayak single 1000 m gold 2013 Duisburg Two kayaks 500 m gold 2013 Duisburg Two-person kayak 200 m silver 2009 Dartmouth Kayak single 1000 m silver 2011 Szeged Kayak foursome 500 m silver 2011 Szeged Two kayaks 500 m silver 2013 Duisburg Kayak foursome 200 m silver 2014 Moscow Two-person kayak 200 m European Championship gold 2012 Zagreb Kayak foursome 500 m gold 2012 Zagreb Two-person kayak 200 m silver 2009 Brandenburg Kayak single 1000 m silver 2010 Trasona Kayak single 1000 m silver 2011 Belgrade Two-person kayak 200 m silver 2011 Belgrade Kayak double 1000 m silver 2013 Montemor-o-Velho Two kayaks 500 m silver 2013 Montemor-o-Velho Kayak foursome 500 m silver 2014 Brandenburg Kayak single 500 m bronze 2009 Brandenburg Two kayaks 500 m bronze 2011 Belgrade Kayak foursome 500 m

Franziska Weber and Tina Dietze in the K2

Franziska John (* 24. May 1989 in Potsdam , East Germany as Franziska Weber ) is a German canoeist . In her sport, she has already become an Olympic champion , world champion and multiple European champion.

The canoe racer of the KC Potsdam was appointed to the German national canoe racing team for the first time in 2009 and succeeded in the 2009 European canoe racing championships with a second place in a single kayak over 1000 meters behind the Hungarian Katalin Kovács . In addition, she and Fanny Fischer won the bronze medal in a two-person kayak over 500 meters .

Before that, she had finished two thirds at the 2005 Junior World Championships and two second places at the 2007 Junior World Championships. At the Canoe Racing World Championships in 2010 , she won the title in the kayak single over 1000 meters.

At the 2012 Olympic Games Weber achieved the silver medal over 500 m in the German women's four-man kayak with Tina Dietze , Carolin Leonhardt and Katrin Wagner-Augustin . In a two-person kayak over 500 m, she won the gold medal together with Tina Dietze. Together with her two and four-man partner Tina Dietze, she was the second best German female athlete at the Olympic Games in London, behind eventing rider Michael Jung .

Weber was also successful at the 2013 Canoe Racing World Championships in Duisburg. She won gold over 200 and 500 meters in a two-person kayak with Tina Dietze, and she also won silver in a four-person kayak over 500 meters with Dietze, Katrin Wagner-Augustin and Verena Hantl . Only the Hungarian team was faster. The 2014 World Championships in Moscow were less positive for her. In the single kayak over 500 meters, she had a good time in the run-up, but only came fourth in the final due to a failed start. She took the same place in a four-person kayak. Finally she won a silver medal in a two-person kayak with Dietze over 200 meters.

The athlete studies civil engineering at the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences , is married and lives in Potsdam.

Honors

• 2012: Silver bay leaf
• 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016: Sportswoman of the Year from Brandenburg
• 2009: " Elite student of sport "

music

Simon Goodlife feat. Olympic Canoe Team - RIOlympia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results Olympia 2012 (English), accessed on August 8, 2012
2. ↑ Results K2 (500m) Olympia 2012 ( memento of the original from December 16, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed on August 9, 2012  
3. ^ Canoe World Championships: German canoeists win eighth gold medal. In: Der Spiegel September 1, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
4. ↑ Silver Bay Leaf 2012
5. ↑ Weber, Levy and Turbine-Frauen are Brandenburg's athletes of the year. Märkische Onlinezeitung, December 14, 2013, accessed on December 14, 2013 . 
6. ↑ * 2016: Sportswoman of the year from Brandenburg. Märkische Allgemeine , December 12, 2016, p. 25
7. ↑ Canoeists present Olympia Song in Kienbaum. Märkische Allgemeine, July 14, 2016, accessed on August 10, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Together for the Olympic dream. Kanu.de, August 3, 2016, accessed on August 10, 2016 . 

Web links

• Homepage
• Portrait at DKV
• Short portrait of the DOSB
• Athlete portrait Olympics 2012 (English)
• Interview with Franziska Weber on the program Zibb (July 2014)