KOCH Marco

Germany

Swimming

Date of Birth: 25 Jan 1990

Age: 31

Gender: Male

Place of birth: DARMSTADT

Birth Country:

Germany

Place of residence : DARMSTADT

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 200m Breaststroke

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 200m Breaststroke - Heat 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	200Breast	4x100Medley M
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	7th (2:08.00)	7th (3:33.50)
2012	London, GBR	SF (2:10.73)	-

World Championships

Year	Location	200Breast	4x100Medley M	4x100Medley X
2019	Gwangju, KOR	5th (2:07.60)	-	-
2017	Budapest, HUN	SF (2:09.61)	H (3:35.26)	7th (3:46.03)
2015	Kazan, RUS	1st (2:07.76)	-	-
2013	Barcelona, ESP	2nd (2:08.54)	-	-
2009	Rome, ITA	SF (2:09.44)	-	-

European Championships

Year	Location	200Breast
2020	Budapest, HUN	SF (2:10.03)

Champions Swim Series overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2019

Year	200Breast
2020	1 x 2nd

Champions Swim Series - Ten best performances since 2019

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
2	2020	200m Breaststroke	Shenzhen, CHN	2:09.81

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	100Breast	200Breast	4x100Medley
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	SF (57.39)	3rd (2:01.42)	5th (3:22.17)
2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	1st (56.77)	1st (2:01.21)	-

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Hobbies:

Playing video games, bouldering, cycling, listening to music. (hessischer-schwimm-verband.de, 24 May 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Economics, Psychology - SRH Fernhochschule, Riedlingen, GER

Languages spoken:

English, German

Club name:

SG Frankfurt [Germany]

Coach:

Shila Sheth [national], fr.de, 03 Feb 2021; Dirk Lange [personal], GER, from 2019

Injuries:

He sustained a spinal disc injury in 2011 and missed that year's world championships in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. (faz.net, 25 May 2012)

Start:

He began swimming at age eight in the Odenwald region of Germany. (hessischer-schwimm-verband.de, 24 May 2020)

Reason:

He followed his brother into the sport. "When I was eight years old, I went swimming for the first time. My brother had been in the swimming club for a long time and he enjoyed swimming a lot, which made me curious." (marcokoch-swimming.com, 2020)

Ambition:

To win a medal in the 200m breaststroke at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (hessischer-schwimm-verband.de, 24 May 2020)

Influence:

His mother. (t-online.de, 23 Aug 2016)

Ritual:

"When travelling to competitions or training camps, I always have my own pillow in my suitcase so I can sleep better in the hotel." (hessischer-schwimm-verband.de, 24 May 2020)

Philosophy:

"I'm in my comfort zone in the water as swimming is my passion. I enjoy every second. The water unlocks my full potential. It carries and leads me. Water makes me feel great." (marco-koch.org, 20 Jan 2018)

Award:

He was named 2016 German Male Swimmer of the Year by the website SwimSwam in its Swammy Awards. (swimswam.com, 22 Dec 2016)

He was named Athlete of the Year in 2013, 2014 and 2015 in the state of Hessen in Germany. (echo-online.de, 12 Oct 2015, 29 Sep 2014; hessischer-schwimm-verband.de, 29 Sep 2014)

General Interest

General
RETIREMENT THOUGHTS
He has considered retiring after the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "I will probably swim until the 2020 Olympics. But it is not like I am saying I will definitely quit after Tokyo. I will keep swimming as long as I enjoy it." After the Games were postponed until 2021, he said he would make the most of the additional time to prepare. "I will use the extra year that I have as more leeway to further eliminate my weaknesses. There are always still 1000 things you can work on. I'm no less optimistic about the Olympics than I would have been this year [2020]." (hessischer-schwimm-verband.de, 24 May 2020; dsv.de, 03 Dec 2019; fr.de, 04 Apr 2019)

NEW COACH
In late 2019 he changed coach and joined Dirk Lange's training group, having previously worked with Henning Lambertz. "I have known Dirk Lange for a very long time and we have worked together successfully in the past. I want to work towards the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo with Dirk. There were a few differences that Henning and I had when it came to training planning. I listened to my gut and chose to make a change." (hessischer-schwimm-verband.de, 24 May 2020; stimme.de, 29 Dec 2019; fr.de, 29 Jul 2020)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008175181918
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/marcokochswimming
https://instagram.com/marco_koch_swimming
Athlete Website: https://www.marcokoch-swimming.com/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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