Marco Koch (born 25 January 1990) is a German competitive swimmer who specializes in breaststroke events. He is a former world record holder in the 200 meter breaststroke (

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Career

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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, he competed in the men's 200-meter breaststroke, finishing in 11th place overall in the heats and 7th in his semifinal (13th overall), failing to reach the final. Kazan 2015 - Marco Koch wins 200m breast

Kazan 2015 - Marco Koch wins 200m breast

At the

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, he won the gold medal in the men's 200-meter breaststroke, becoming the first German to claim a championship title in that event. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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, he competed in the 200 m breaststroke. He finished in 7th place with a time of 2:08.00. He was also part of the 4 x 100 medley relay team which finished in 7th place. In the Autumn of 2019 he was member of the inaugural

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swimming for the

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, who competed in the Americas Division. Koch competed at all of the meets for the Breakers, and specialized in the breaststroke events. In the second ISL season he competed again for the NY Breakers winning in the play-offs four out four 200m breaststroke races with the highest jackpot ever - 30 points. In his third race in Budapest he almost broke the world record by swimming a 2:00,5

Although he mainly specializes in breaststroke, Koch also holds the List of German records in swimming, German record in the 400-meter individual medley (short course) with a time of 4:01.87. Marco Koch 2018

References

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