Stefanie "Steffi" Koch (born 13 October 1981) is a German

ski mountaineer Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen ...

. Koch was born in

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and grew on the farm of their parents with her three siblings. In her teens she started mountain biking and participated in

triathlon A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of swimming, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the time transitioning between the ...

competitions. She passed the clerical administrative assistant training and was inspired of ski mountaineering by her boyfriend

Stefan Klinger Stefan Klinger (born 24 April 1978) is a German ski mountaineer. Klinger was born in Anger. He inspired his girl friend Stefanie Koch to compete also in the national ski mountaineering team. Selected results * 2003: ** 1st, Predigtstuhl race ...

. Her aunt Resi was the first female German, who climbed on the

Nanga Parbat Nanga Parbat ( ur, ) (; ), known locally as Diamer () which means “king of the mountains”, is the ninth-highest mountain on Earth, its summit at above sea level. Lying immediately southeast of the northernmost bend of the Indus River in ...

in 2001. Stefan Winter: ''Fünf Engel für den DAV'' (German), in ''DAV Panorama 2/2007''.

Selected results

* 2004: ** 2nd,

Mountain Attack The "Mountain Attack" is an annual Austrian ski mountaineering Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and the ...

team * 2005: ** 5th, German Championship single ** 2nd, Mountain Attack race * 2006: ** 3rd, German Championship single ** 2nd, "International Open", Saalbach ** 4th,

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

relay race (together with Judith Graßl,

Barbara Gruber Barbara Gruber (born 15 December 1977) is a German ski mountaineer and mountain biker. Gruber was born in Bad Reichenhall. Like her parents and siblings, she passed the framer training. She started with sports after the birth of her son Johanne ...

and Silvia Treimer) ** 4.th, , World Championship team race (together with Judith Graßl) * 2007: ** 1st, German Championship single ** 2nd, Mountain Attack Trace ** 2nd,

Sellaronda The Sellaronda is the ski circuit around the Sella group in Northern Italy. The Sella massif lies between the four Ladin valleys of Badia, Gherdëina, Fascia, and Fodom and is divided between the provinces of South Tyrol, Trentino and Bellu ...

Skimarathon (together with Judith Graßl)Goldenes Buch ''Sellaronda Skimarathon''
/ref> ** 3rd, Trofeo Mezzalama (together with Judith Graßl and Silvia Treimer) ** 4th, European Championship relay race (together with Judith Graßl and Silvia Treimer) ** 4th, European Championship team race (together with Judith Graßl) ** 10th, European Championship combination ranking * 2008: ** 1st, German Championship team ** 2nd, German Championship single ** 2nd, German Championship

vertical race A Vertical Race is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks. Vertical Races for women and men are ...

** 2nd, Rofan Xtreme ** 6th,

team race (together with Judith Graßl) ** 7th,

Pierra Menta The Pierra Menta has been an annual competition of ski mountaineering at Arêches-Beaufort in the region of Beaufort, Savoie south-eastern France since 1986. The Pierra Menta is one of the three best known races of the Alps (''les grandes trois d ...

(together with Judith Graßl) ** 9th, World Championship single race

Patrouille des Glaciers

* 2006: 3rd, together with Judith Graßl and Silvia Treimer * 2008: 4th, together with Judith Graßl and Silvia Treimer

External links

Stefanie Koch
at ''skimountaineering.com''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Koch, Stefanie 1981 births Living people German female ski mountaineers People from Berchtesgadener Land Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria