Claudia Losch

Claudia Losch
Claudia Losch
Personal information
Born January 10, 1960
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Competitor for  West Germany
Olympic Games
Gold 1984 Los Angeles Shot Put
World Indoor Championships
Gold 1989 Budapest Shot Put

Claudia Losch (born January 10, 1960 in Wanne-Eickel, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German track and field athlete.

Losch won the German indoor championship in the shot put in 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, and 1989. She won the German championship from 1982 through 1990, nine times in a row.

At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles she won the gold medal ahead of Romanian Mihaela Loghin, who won the silver, and Gael Martin from Australia who won the bronze.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  West Germany
1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 5th 20.27 m

References


v · d · eOlympic Champions in Women's Shot Put

1948: Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA)  • 1952: Galina Zybina (URS)  • 1956: Tamara Tyshkevich (URS)  • 1960: Tamara Press (URS)  • 1964: Tamara Press (URS)  • 1968: Margitta Gummel (GDR)  • 1972: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)  • 1976: Ivanka Hristova (BUL)  • 1980: Ilona Slupianek (GDR)  • 1984: Claudia Losch (FRG)  • 1988: Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)  • 1992: Svetlana Krivelyova (EUN)  • 1996: Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)  • 2000: Yanina Karolchyk (BLR)  • 2004: Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB)  • 2008: Valerie Vili (NZL)
v · d · eWorld Indoor Champions in Women's Shot Put

 1985: Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)  •  1987: Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)  •  1989: Claudia Losch (FRG)  •  1991: Sui Xinmei (CHN)  •  1993: Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS)  •  1995: Kathrin Neimke (GER)  •  1997: Vita Pavlysh (UKR)  •  1999: Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS)  •  2001: Larisa Peleshenko (RUS)  •  2003: Irina Korzhanenko (RUS)  •  2004: Vita Pavlysh (UKR)  •  2006: Natallia Kharaneka (BLR)  •  2008: Valerie Vili (NZL)  •  2010: Nadzeya Astapchuk (BLR)


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