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}} }} Birgit Fischer (born . After both the 1988 and 2000 games, she announced her retirement, only to return for the subsequent games. She has been both the youngest- and oldest-ever Olympic canoeing champion (ages 18 and 42). In 2004 she was voted German sportswoman of the year. She attended an ASK (army sports club) Boarding School in Potsdam , and worked as a sports instructor in the National People's Army , attaining a rank of Major by the time of German Reunification in 1990 . She was married from 1984 to 1993 to Canoe ist Joerg Schmidt. She lives with their two children in Brandenburg. In 1999 she stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for the FDP in the European Parliament Election . MAJOR MEDALS
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