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Claudia Losch

Claudia Losch

Personal information
Born	10 January 1960 (1960-01-10) (age 64) Wanne-Eickel, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Sport	Shot put
Club	TV 1860 Fürth LC Olympiapark München
Medal record Representing  West Germany Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Shot put World Indoor Championships 1989 Budapest Shot put 1987 Indianapolis Shot put European Indoor Championships 1986 Madrid Shot put 1988 Budapest Shot put 1990 Glasgow Shot put 1984 Gothenburg Shot put 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 GamesinPrague, 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.^[1] At the 1988 Olympic Games, she finished fifth.^[2] 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 in 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, and 1989. She won the German championship from 1982 through 1990, nine times in a row.

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• Claudia LoschatWorld Athletics

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