Overview
- Van Almsick watched the ARD-Mediathek documentary “Being Franziska van Almsick” with her sons, who are 12 and 18.
- She told BILD’s “May Way” podcast that both boys had tears in their eyes during the film and did not ask any questions afterward.
- The former swimmer said she intentionally downplayed her public profile at home so her children would see her primarily as their mother.
- The documentary revisits professional highs and lows, with her long-term eating-disorder struggle touched on briefly and previously discussed in detail in a Gala interview.
- Reports around the release highlight her record from a silver at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics at age 14 to multiple world and European titles, and that she lives in Heidelberg.