Claudia Losch

{{short description|German shot putter (born 1960)}} {{for|the monoskier and paralympian|Claudia Lösch}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson |image= |birth_date={{birth-date and age|10 January 1960}} |birth_place=Wanne-Eickel, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany | height = {{convert|1.81|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|84|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | headercolor = lightsteelblue |sport=Shot put |club=TV 1860 Fürth<br> LC Olympiapark München |medaltemplates= {{Medal|Country | {{FRG}} }} {{MedalOlympics}} {{Medal|Gold| 1984 Los Angeles |Shot put}} {{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|1989 Budapest|Shot put}} {{Medal|Bronze |1987 Indianapolis|Shot put}} {{Medal|Competition|European Indoor Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|1986 Madrid|Shot put}} {{Medal|Gold|1988 Budapest|Shot put}} {{Medal|Gold|1990 Glasgow|Shot put}} {{Medal|Silver|1984 Gothenburg|Shot put}} {{Medal|Silver|1985 Piraeus|Shot put}} }} '''Claudia Losch''' (born 10 January 1960) is a retired German shot putter. She is the 1984 Olympic Champion. Shortly after the Olympics, she competed in the shot put at the Friendship Games in Prague, which were held as an event for sportspeople from Communist countries who were boycotting that year's Olympics: she was unable to repeat her Olympic medal success there.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Powers |first1=John |author-link1=John Powers (journalist) |date=18 August 1984|title=Undermining Olympic Gold | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/294271999|work=The Boston Globe |issn=0743-1791|access-date=6 November 2021 |id={{ProQuest|294271999}} }}</ref> At the 1988 Olympic Games, she finished fifth.<ref name=sr>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174208/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/claudia-losch-1.html Claudia Losch]. sports-reference.com</ref> She is also the 1989 World Indoor Champion and won the European Indoor title three times.

Losch won the German indoor championship in the shot put: 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, and 1989. She won the German championship nine consecutive seasons (1982–1990).

==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- |1983 |World Championships |Helsinki, Finland |7th |19.72 m |- |rowspan=2|1984 |European Indoor Championships |Gothenburg, Sweden |bgcolor="silver"| 2nd |20.23 m |- |Olympic Games |Los Angeles, United States |bgcolor="gold"| 1st |20.48 m |- |1985 |European Indoor Championships |Athens, Greece |bgcolor="silver"| 2nd |20.59 m |- |rowspan=2|1986 |European Indoor Championships |Madrid, Spain |bgcolor="gold"| 1st |20.48 m |- |European Championships |Stuttgart, West Germany |4th |20.54 m |- |rowspan=2|1987 |World Indoor Championships |Indianapolis, United States |bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd |20.14 m |- |World Championships |Rome, Italy |4th |20.73 m |- |rowspan=2|1988 |European Indoor Championships |Budapest, Hungary |bgcolor="gold"| 1st |20.39 m |- |Olympic Games |Seoul, South Korea |5th |20.27 m |- |1989 |World Indoor Championships |Budapest, Hungary |bgcolor="gold"| 1st |20.45 m |- |rowspan=2|1990 |European Indoor Championships |Glasgow, Scotland |bgcolor="gold"| 1st |20.64 m |- |European Championships |Split, Yugoslavia |4th |19.92 m |- |1991 |World Championships |Tokyo, Japan |4th |19.74 m |}

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==External links== * {{World Athletics}}

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