Claudia Losch

The putter dominated their discipline in the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1980s. At the German Championships, she won 1982-1991 ten times in consecutive order the title, 1992, she was third. Thus, it is German record champion before athletes like Astrid Kumbernuss and Eva Wilms. Also in the hall Claudia Losch was successful and finished at the German Championships in 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988 and 1989 respectively the first place.

At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, she won the gold medal in the shot put with a single centimeter before the Romanian Mihaela Loghin ( silver) and the Australian Gael Martin ( bronze).

Claudia Losch had a competition weight of 84 kg at a height of 1.80 m.

From 1983 Claudia Losch went to LAC Quelle Fürth, their first national title they had brought yet in 1982 the jersey LG Bayer Leverkusen. From 1987 to 1988 she trained for the LC Munich Olympic Park. In 1992, she ended her career and has since worked as an optician.

About the thrower group of Christian Gehrmann, who also Claudia Losch led to her Olympic victory in 1984, there are numerous doping suspicions that have been expressed, among others, the putter Petra Leidinger. Claudia Losch himself refused 1990, a doping control.