# Simone Koch
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{{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](/source/Unna)
|fullname=
|altname= Simone Schnabel
|country= {{GDR}}
{{GER}}
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|df=y|1969|10|25}}
|birth_place= [Dresden](/source/Dresden), East Germany
|hometown=
|height=
|beganskating=
|retired= 1993
|medaltemplates=
{{MedalCountry| {{GDR}} }}
{{MedalSport| [Figure skating](/source/Figure_skating): [Ladies' singles](/source/Single_skating)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Junior Championships](/source/World_Junior_Figure_Skating_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold|1983 Sarajevo|Ladies' singles}}
{{MedalSilver|[1984 Sapporo](/source/1984_World_Junior_Figure_Skating_Championships)|Ladies' singles}}
}}
'''Simone Schnabel''' (née '''Koch'''; born 25 October 1969) is a German former competitive [figure skater](/source/figure_skater). She is the 1983 [World Junior](/source/World_Junior_Figure_Skating_Championships) champion and represented [East Germany](/source/East_Germany) at the [1988 Winter Olympics](/source/Figure_skating_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](/source/Ingrid_Lehmann) in Berlin. She represented the [GDR](/source/East_Germany) and her club was SC Einheit Berlin.
Koch won the [World Junior Championships](/source/World_Junior_Figure_Skating_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](/source/Karin_Hendschke).[
Koch won the silver medal at the 1984 East German Championships behind [Katarina Witt](/source/Katarina_Witt). She placed 4th at the [1985 European Championships](/source/1985_European_Figure_Skating_Championships).
In 1988, Koch won her second silver medal, again behind Witt, at the German Championships. She was sent to the [1988 Winter Olympics](/source/Figure_skating_at_the_1988_Winter_Olympics) and placed 9th.][
In 1989, Koch was one of the favourites for the European Championships but she lost the qualifying competition in East Germany versus [Evelyn Großmann](/source/Evelyn_Gro%C3%9Fmann) and [Simone Lang](/source/Simone_Lang).
In 1992 and 1993, following [German reunification](/source/German_reunification), Koch attempted to qualify for international championships but was unsuccessful.
== Personal life ==
Koch married Günther Schnabel and took his surname.][ 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}} ]
{{small|({{tooltip|GDR|East Germany}})}}
! 83–84
{{small|(GDR)}}
! 84–85
{{small|(GDR)}}
! 85–86
{{small|(GDR)}}
! 86–87
{{small|(GDR)}}
! 87–88
{{small|(GDR)}}
! 88–89
{{small|(GDR)}}
! 89–90
{{small|(GDR)}}
! 91–92
{{small|({{tooltip|GER|Germany}})}}
! 92–93
{{small|(GER)}}
|-
| align=left | [Olympics](/source/Figure_skating_at_the_Olympic_Games) || || || || || || 9th || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [Worlds](/source/World_Figure_Skating_Championships) || || || 14th || 12th || || 8th || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [Europeans](/source/European_Figure_Skating_Championships) || || 7th || 4th || || || 5th || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [Moscow News](/source/Prize_of_Moscow_News) || || || || || || || 5th || || ||
|-
| align=left | [NHK Trophy](/source/NHK_Trophy) || || || || || || || 5th || || ||
|-
| align=left | [Prague Skate](/source/Prague_Skate) || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || ||
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=11 align=center | International: Junior
|-
| align=left | [Junior Worlds](/source/World_Junior_Figure_Skating_Championships) || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || || || || || ||
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=11 align=center | National
|-
| align=left | [Germany](/source/German_Figure_Skating_Championships) || || || || || || || || || 6th || 7th
|-
| align=left | [East Germany](/source/East_German_Figure_Skating_Championships) || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || ||
|}
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
[{{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 }}]
[{{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 }}]
}}
== External links ==
{{Commons category|Simone Koch}}
* [http://home.snafu.de/eberl/index.html Webseite über Eiskunstlauf] (dt./en.)
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