- Simone Koch
Simone Koch (born
October 25 1969 inDresden ) is a Germanfigure skater .Biography
Simone Koch learned her first triple jumps with coach
Ingeburg Walter (still coach at the Dresdner EC). Later she was coached byIngrid Lehmann in Berlin. Simone Koch represented the club SC Einheit Berlin and therefore theGDR .In 1983, at the age of 14, she had already become junior world champion. In 1984 she was awarded the silver medal at the junior world championships placing behind another East German,
Karin Hendschke . In the following years Simone Koch was a direct rival ofKatarina Witt in their country.Koch became 1984 and 1988 silver medalist at the East German Championships, each time placing behindKatarina Witt . In 1989 Simone Koch was one of the favourites for the title of European Champion. However, she lost the qualifying competition in East Germany versusEvelyn Großmann andSimone Lang .She is married now and has changed her name to Simone Schnabel. Her husband is Günther Schnabel. The couple has a daughter (born 1990): Lisa-Maria. In 1992 and 1993, after the
German reunification , Simone Koch attempted to qualify for international championships, but did not succeed.Competitive Highlights
* 1988 – 9th place in
Calgary
= World Junior Championships =* 1983 – 1st place in
Sarajevo , only aged 14!
* 1984 – 2nd place inSapporo * 1985 – 14th place in
Tokyo
* 1986 – 12th place inGeneva
* 1988 – 8th place inBudapest * 1984 – 7th place in
Budapest
* 1985 – 4th place inGöteborg
* 1988 – 5th place inPrague * 1984 – 2nd place
* 1985 – 3rd place
* 1986 – 3rd place
* 1987 – 3rd place
* 1988 – 2nd place
* 1989 – 3nd place* 1992 – 6th place in
Unna
* 1993 – 7th place inMannheim References
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External links
* [http://home.snafu.de/eberl/index.html Webseite über Eiskunstlauf] (dt./en.)
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NAME=Koch, Simone
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Schnabel, Simone
SHORT DESCRIPTION=German figure skater
DATE OF BIRTH=October 25 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH=Dresden ,Saxony ,Germany
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=
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