Franziska Weber (born 24 May 1989) is a German sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s.

Career

She was Olympic Champion at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the K-2 500 metres with

Tina Dietze Tina Dietze (born 25 January 1988) is a German sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. She won the gold medal in K-2 (with Franziska Weber) and the silver medal in K-4 at the 2012 Olympic Games. Career She won 14 medals at the ICF ...

. At the same Olympics, she also won silver in the K-4 500 m. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she finished 5th in the women's K-1 500 metres event. She won the silver medal in the women's K-2 500 metres event with teammate Tina Dietze. She also competed as part of the women's K-4 500 metres team which earned the silver medal. She has won 12 medals at the

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, 3 golds (K-1 1000 m: 2010; K-2 200 m:

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; K-2 500 m: 2013), 7 silvers (K-1 1000 m: 2009; K-2 500 m: 2011,

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; K-2 200 m:

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; K-4 500 m: 2011, 2013, 2017) and 2 bronzes (K-2 500 m: 2015; K-4 500 m: 2015). In June 2015, she competed in the inaugural European Games, for

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, more specifically, Women's K-4 500m with Verena Hantl, Conny Wassmuth, and Tina Dietze. She earned a silver medal. She first began canoeing in 1999, and made her international debut in 2009. She has a degree in Civil Engineering from the

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* * * * 1989 births German female canoeists Living people Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists of Germany Olympic medalists in canoeing Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Games medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 2015 European Games European Games silver medalists for Germany Sportspeople from Potsdam Canoeists at the 2019 European Games {{Germany-canoe-Olympic-medalist-stub