Jonathan Koch

Jonathan Koch (* 29. October 1985 in Giessen ) is a German lightweight - rowers .

Jonathan Koch started for the Gießener Rowing Society 1877 until the end of 2010 . In the summer of 2010 he started to train at the Mainz rowing club from 1878 under the direction of national trainer Robert Sens . He has officially started for the MRV since 2011.

After he had only reached the small final at the World Championships in 2006, Koch managed to move into the singles final in Munich in 2007 , where he finished fourth. Since the lightweight single is not an Olympic boat class, Koch competed in a double scull with Manuel Brehmer in 2008 . In this boat class, the two achieved the Olympic qualification. They came in ninth place in Beijing.

After a break in the post-Olympic season, Jonathan Koch started again in the lightweight single and lightweight quad sculls at the Rowing World Championships in New Zealand in November 2010. While he was world champion in quadruples, he missed the finals in single and finished eighth. At the German Championships in 2011, Koch won the title in the lightweight singles and in the lightweight quadruples. and repeated the eighth placement at the World Championships . At the 2012 Summer Olympics , he took part as a substitute for the light scullers, but without being used.

In 2013 he won bronze in the lightweight single at the European Championships . In 2014 Koch switched to the lightweight four without a helmsman and won his first international medal in this boat class at the 2016 European Championships . Three months later, the four finished ninth at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . The last time the easy four-man was held at the 2017 World Championships , he won the bronze medal.

International success

2005: 7th place U23 world championships in lightweight single
2006: 9th place world championships in the lightweight single
2007: 4th place in the world championships in the lightweight single
2008: 9th place Olympic Games in lightweight double sculls
2010: 1st place in the lightweight quadruple championship
2010: 8th place world championships in lightweight single
2011: 8th place world championships in the lightweight single
2012: 3rd place in the World Cup Lucerne and Munich in the lightweight single
2012: Participation in the Olympic Games as a substitute (lightweight)
2013: 3rd place European rowing championships in the lightweight single
2013: 5th place in the world championships in the lightweight single
2014: 5th place in the European championships in the lightweight foursome without a helmsman
2016: 3rd place in the European championships in the lightweight foursome without a helmsman
2016: 9th place at the Olympic Games in the lightweight foursome without a helmsman
2017: 3rd place in the world championships in the lightweight foursome without a helmsman

Individual evidence

↑ Another world champion for the MRV February 6, 2011 on the website of the Mainzer Ruder-Verein von 1878 e. V.
↑ Jonathan Koch: Late Recovery from China Syndrome. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. October 11, 2010.
↑ Deutschlandachter wants to remain unbeaten in the World Cup. July 9, 2010 on the website of the Mainzer Ruder-Verein von 1878 e. V.
↑ Michael Heinze: Get started for the podium. In: www.allgemeine-zeitung.de. Allgemeine Zeitung, September 29, 2010, archived from the original on October 1, 2011 ; accessed on October 3, 2017 .
^ Rüdiger Lutterbach: A heartbeat finale. In: www.allgemeine-zeitung.de. Allgemeine Zeitung, May 23, 2011, archived from the original on October 1, 2011 ; accessed on October 3, 2017 .

Web links

Commons : Jonathan Koch - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Personal website jonathankoch.de
Jonathan Koch at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
Jonathan Koch in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

personal data
SURNAME	Cook, Jonathan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German rower
DATE OF BIRTH	October 29, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH	to water

[1] Another world champion for the MRV February 6, 2011 on the website of the Mainzer Ruder-Verein von 1878 e. V.

[2] Jonathan Koch: Late Recovery from China Syndrome. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. October 11, 2010.

[3] Deutschlandachter wants to remain unbeaten in the World Cup. July 9, 2010 on the website of the Mainzer Ruder-Verein von 1878 e. V.

[4] Michael Heinze: Get started for the podium. In: www.allgemeine-zeitung.de. Allgemeine Zeitung, September 29, 2010, archived from the original on October 1, 2011 ; accessed on October 3, 2017 .

[5] Rüdiger Lutterbach: A heartbeat finale. In: www.allgemeine-zeitung.de. Allgemeine Zeitung, May 23, 2011, archived from the original on October 1, 2011 ; accessed on October 3, 2017 .