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. At the 1988 Olympic Games, she finished fifth.Claudia Losch. sports-reference.com 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 1983World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland7th19.72 m1984European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden 2nd20.23 mOlympic GamesLos Angeles, United States 1st20.48 m1985European Indoor ChampionshipsAthens, Greece 2nd20.59 m1986European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain 1st20.48 mEuropean ChampionshipsStuttgart, West Germany4th20.54 m1987World Indoor ChampionshipsIndianapolis, United States 3rd20.14 mWorld ChampionshipsRome, Italy4th20.73 m1988European Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary 1st20.39 mOlympic GamesSeoul, South Korea5th20.27 m1989World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary 1st20.45 m1990European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, Scotland 1st20.64 mEuropean ChampionshipsSplit, Yugoslavia4th19.92 m1991World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan4th19.74 m
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