# Beate Koch

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{{short description|East German javelin thrower}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{expand German|topic=bio|date=August 2022|Beate Koch (Leichtathletin)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| nationality = German
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|18 August 1967}}
| birth_place = [Jena](/source/Jena), [East Germany](/source/East_Germany)
| country = {{GDR}}
| height = {{convert|1.81|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|75|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| headercolor = lightsteelblue
| sport = [Track and field](/source/Track_and_field)
| event = [Javelin throw](/source/Javelin_throw)
| club = [TuS Jena](/source/TuS_Jena)
| show-medals = yes
| pb = 70.76 [m](/source/metre) (1989)
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport |Women's [athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics)}}
{{Medal|Country |{{GDR}} }}
{{Medal|Olympics}}
{{Medal|Bronze |[1988 Seoul](/source/Athletics_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics) |[Javelin](/source/Athletics_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_javelin_throw)}}
}}

'''Beate Koch''' (born 18 August 1967) is a retired German [track and field](/source/track_and_field) athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She represented East Germany at the [1988 Summer Olympics](/source/1988_Summer_Olympics) held in [Seoul](/source/Seoul), [South Korea](/source/South_Korea), where she [won the bronze medal](/source/Athletics_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_javelin_throw).

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing {{GDR}}
|-
|1988
|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_javelin_throw)
|[Seoul, South Korea](/source/Seoul%2C_South_Korea)
|bgcolor="cc9966"  | 3rd
|67.30 m 
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/beate-koch-1.html |title=Beate Koch |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630072330/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/beate-koch-1.html |archive-date=30 June 2012 |url-status=dead}}

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Category:1967 births
Category:Living people
Category:Sportspeople from Jena
Category:Athletes from Thuringia
Category:Sportspeople from Bezirk Gera
Category:East German women javelin throwers
Category:Olympic athletes for East Germany
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany
Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medalists in athletics
Category:Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze
Category:German women javelin throwers

{{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub}}

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