KOCH Marco

25 Jan 1990
31
Male
DARMSTADT
 
Germany
DARMSTADT
 
Germany

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SWM Swimming Men's 200m Breaststroke  

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocation200Breast4x100Medley M
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA7th (2:08.00)7th (3:33.50)
2012London, GBRSF (2:10.73)-

World Championships
YearLocation200Breast4x100Medley M4x100Medley X
2019Gwangju, KOR5th (2:07.60)--
2017Budapest, HUNSF (2:09.61)H (3:35.26)7th (3:46.03)
2015Kazan, RUS1st (2:07.76)--
2013Barcelona, ESP2nd (2:08.54)--
2009Rome, ITASF (2:09.44)--

European Championships
YearLocation200Breast
2020Budapest, HUNSF (2:10.03)

Champions Swim Series overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2019
Year200Breast
20201 x 2nd

Champions Swim Series - Ten best performances since 2019
RankYearEventLocationResult
22020200m BreaststrokeShenzhen, CHN2:09.81

World Championships Short Course
YearLocation100Breast200Breast4x100Medley
2018Hangzhou, CHNSF (57.39)3rd (2:01.42)5th (3:22.17)
2016Windsor, ON, CAN1st (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
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Playing video games, bouldering, cycling, listening to music. (hessischer-schwimm-verband.de, 24 May 2020)
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Athlete
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Economics, Psychology - SRH Fernhochschule, Riedlingen, GER
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English, German
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SG Frankfurt [Germany]
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Shila Sheth [national], fr.de, 03 Feb 2021; Dirk Lange [personal], GER, from 2019
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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)
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He began swimming at age eight in the Odenwald region of Germany. (hessischer-schwimm-verband.de, 24 May 2020)
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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)
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To win a medal in the 200m breaststroke at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (hessischer-schwimm-verband.de, 24 May 2020)
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His mother. (t-online.de, 23 Aug 2016)
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"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)
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"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)
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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)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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