(1957-02-18) 18 February 1957 (age 67)[1] Wismar, Bezirk Rostock, East Germany[1]
Height
171 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight
62 kg (137 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport
Track and field
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
50 m: 6.11 s NR[a][b]
60 m: 7.04 s NR[c][d]
100 m: 10.83 s
200 m: 21.71 s NR[a]
300 m: 34.14 s WB
400 m: 47.60 s WR
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing East Germany
Olympic Games
1980 Moscow
400 m
1980 Moscow
4 × 400 m relay
World Championships
1983 Helsinki
200 m
1983 Helsinki
4 × 100 m relay
1983 Helsinki
4 × 400 m relay
1983 Helsinki
100 m
Friendship Games
1984 Moscow
400 m
European Championships
1978 Prague
400 m
1978 Prague
4 × 400 m relay
1982 Athens
400 m
1982 Athens
4 × 400 m relay
1986 Stuttgart
400 m
1986 Stuttgart
4 × 400 m relay
Updated on 30 June 2015.
Marita Koch (later Meier-Koch; born 18 February 1957) is a German former sprint track and field athlete. During her career she set 16 world records in outdoor sprints as well as 14 world records in indoor events. Her record of 47.60 in the 400 metres, set on 6 October 1985, still stands.
^ abcdEvans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marita Koch". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
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MaritaKoch (later Meier-Koch; born 18 February 1957) is a German former sprint track and field athlete. During her career she set 16 world records in...
a time of 44.49 seconds. The current women's world record is held by MaritaKoch, with a time of 47.60 seconds. Shaunae Miller-Uibo is the reigning women's...
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4x400 metres relays. She is also the second athlete in history, behind MaritaKoch to win medals in the 100, 200, 400, 4x100 and 4x400 metres at the World...
on the second leg, Felix became only the second female athlete, after MaritaKoch in 1983, to win three gold medals at a single IAAF World Championships...
women's 1500 metres and 3000 metres. Other prominent athletes included MaritaKoch, who won the 200 m and both relay golds, as well as the 100 m silver...
January 2024. Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 35.78: MaritaKoch also ran 34.66+ (1984). Jarmila Kratochvílová also ran 35.06+ (1983)...
metres relay together with teammates Kirsten Siemon, Sabine Busch and MaritaKoch. At the 1983 World Championships she finished seventh in the individual...
whom she was also very good friends. In 1986, Drechsler twice equalled MaritaKoch's 200 metres sprint (21.71 seconds) world record and set two long jump...
29 Sep 1988 Olympic Games Seoul KOR [36] P 400 m 47.60 18.798 30.252 MaritaKoch GDR 6 Oct 1985 World Cup Canberra AUS [37] P 800 m 1:53.28 15.798 25...
football player and coach, plyed 378 games and 98 for East Germany MaritaKoch (born 1957), track and field athlete of the GDR and 1980 Summer Olympics...
York City 10 6.09 Zhanna Block Ukraine 2 February 1993 Moscow 11 6.11 MaritaKoch East Germany 2 February 1980 Grenoble 6.11+ Liliana Allen Mexico 13...
Sandra Perković of Croatia holds the record for most gold medals at six. MaritaKoch of East Germany is the only other athlete to have won 6 gold medals,...
1977 Succeeded by MaritaKoch Preceded by Tatyana Kazankina Women's Track & Field Athlete of the Year 1977 Succeeded by MaritaKoch Sporting positions...
Wenzel United Press International Athlete of the Year 1981 Succeeded by MaritaKoch Preceded by Jack Nicklaus BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year...
Miller 1988–1994 Martin Holdgate 1994–1999 David McDowell 1999–2001 MaritaKoch-Weser 2001–2006 Achim Steiner 2007–2014 Julia Marton-Lefèvre 2015–2019...
4), and the 3000 m (7:32.1). In the course of the season East German MaritaKoch also broke a world record four times, running 22.06 for the 200 m and...
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