Franziska Schenk (born 13 March 1974) is a former

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speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...

. She was a specialist in the sprint distances (500 and 1000 m). At the

1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...

in Lillehammer, she won a bronze on the 500 m in

Vikingskipet Vikingskipet ("The Viking Ship"), officially known as Hamar Olympic Hall ( no, Hamar olympiahall), is an indoor multi-use sport and event venue in Hamar, Norway. It was built as the speed skating rink for the 1994 Winter Olympics, and has sinc ...

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. After that she won the bronze medal in the Sprint World Championships in 1995 and 1996, she won overall in 1997, also in Vikingskipet. At the World Allround she won three bronze medals, two in 1997 and one in 1998. In addition she won 11 World Cup victories during her career.

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1974 births German female speed skaters Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters of Germany Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in speed skating Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Sportspeople from Erfurt Living people World Sprint Speed Skating Championships medalists {{Germany-speed-skating-bio-stub