Simone Schnabel (née Koch; born 25 October 1969) is a German former competitive

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic d ...

. She is the 1983 World Junior champion and represented

East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

at the

1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Calgary 1988 were a multi-sport event held from February 13 to 28, 1988, with Calgary, Calgary, Alberta as the main host city. This marks the m ...

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 East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally vie ...

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,

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. Koch won the silver medal at the 1984 East German Championships behind

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. 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

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

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and Simone Lang. In 1992 and 1993, following

German reunification German reunification () was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single sovereign state, which began on 9 November 1989 and culminated on 3 October 1990 with the dissolution of the East Germany, German Democratic Republic and the int ...

, 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

References

External links

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