{"id":485014,"date":"2021-08-09T10:46:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T17:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=485014"},"modified":"2021-08-09T10:46:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T17:46:43","slug":"two-time-german-olympian-franziska-hentke-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/two-time-german-olympian-franziska-hentke-announces-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-Time German Olympian Franziska Hentke Announces Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two-Time German Olympian Franziska Hentke Announces Retirement<\/strong><\/p>\n

Franziska Hentke,<\/strong> who qualified for the Olympics twice and won a silver at the 2017 World Championships, has announced her retirement at the age of 32.<\/p>\n

The German swimmer made the Rio and Tokyo Olympics in her specialty, the 200 butterfly. She finished 11th in the semis in 2016 and 13th in Tokyo<\/a>, missing out on the final each time. She also finished 21st in the 400 individual medley in Rio.<\/p>\n

Hentke announced her decision on Instagram.<\/p>\n

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A post shared by Franziska Hentke (@franziskahentke)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n