{{Short description|German figure skater (born 1969)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox figure skater |name= Simone Koch |image= SimoneKoch.jpg |caption= Simone Koch-Schnabel at the 1992 German Championships in Unna |fullname= |altname= Simone Schnabel |country= {{GDR}}<br>{{GER}} |birth_date= {{birth date and age|df=y|1969|10|25}} |birth_place= Dresden, East Germany |hometown= |height= |beganskating= |retired= 1993 |medaltemplates= {{MedalCountry| {{GDR}} }} {{MedalSport| Figure skating: Ladies' singles}} {{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}} {{MedalGold|1983 Sarajevo|Ladies' singles}} {{MedalSilver|1984 Sapporo|Ladies' singles}} }}
'''Simone Schnabel''' (née '''Koch'''; born 25 October 1969) is a German former competitive figure skater. She is the 1983 World Junior champion and represented East Germany at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
== Career == Koch learned her first triple jumps with coach Ingeburg Walter at the Dresdner EC. Later she was coached by Ingrid Lehmann in Berlin. She represented the GDR and her club was SC Einheit Berlin.
Koch won the World Junior Championships in 1983, at the age of 14. In 1984, she was awarded the silver medal at the World Junior Championships, placing behind another East German, Karin Hendschke.<ref name=isuwj/>
Koch won the silver medal at the 1984 East German Championships behind Katarina Witt. She placed 4th at the 1985 European Championships.
In 1988, Koch won her second silver medal, again behind Witt, at the German Championships. She was sent to the 1988 Winter Olympics and placed 9th.<ref name=SR/>
In 1989, Koch was one of the favourites for the European Championships but she lost the qualifying competition in East Germany versus Evelyn Großmann and Simone Lang.
In 1992 and 1993, following German reunification, Koch attempted to qualify for international championships but was unsuccessful.
== Personal life == Koch married Günther Schnabel and took his surname.<ref name=SR/> Their daughter, Lisa-Maria, was born in 1990.
==Results== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=11 align=center | International |- ! Event ! {{tooltip|82–83|1982–1983}} <br/> {{small|({{tooltip|GDR|East Germany}})}} ! 83–84 <br/> {{small|(GDR)}} ! 84–85 <br/> {{small|(GDR)}} ! 85–86 <br/> {{small|(GDR)}} ! 86–87 <br/> {{small|(GDR)}} ! 87–88 <br/> {{small|(GDR)}} ! 88–89 <br/> {{small|(GDR)}} ! 89–90 <br/> {{small|(GDR)}} ! 91–92 <br/> {{small|({{tooltip|GER|Germany}})}} ! 92–93 <br/> {{small|(GER)}} |- | align=left | Olympics || || || || || || 9th || || || || |- | align=left | Worlds || || || 14th || 12th || || 8th || || || || |- | align=left | Europeans || || 7th || 4th || || || 5th || || || || |- | align=left | Moscow News || || || || || || || 5th || || || |- | align=left | NHK Trophy || || || || || || || 5th || || || |- | align=left | Prague Skate || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=11 align=center | International: Junior |- | align=left | Junior Worlds || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || || || || || || |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=11 align=center | National |- | align=left | Germany || || || || || || || || || 6th || 7th |- | align=left | East Germany || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || |}
==References== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=isuwj>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuskating.sportcentric.com/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-188675-205897-133277-0-file,00.pdf |title= World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Ladies |publisher= International Skating Union |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110716121206/http://www.isuskating.sportcentric.com/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-188675-205897-133277-0-file,00.pdf |archive-date= 16 July 2011 }}</ref>
<ref name=SR>{{cite web |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/simone-koch-1.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200418022648/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/simone-koch-1.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 18 April 2020 |title= Simone Koch |publisher= sports-reference.com }}</ref>
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== External links == {{Commons category|Simone Koch}} * [http://home.snafu.de/eberl/index.html Webseite über Eiskunstlauf] (dt./en.)
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