Jonathan Koch (rower)

{{short description|German lightweight rower (born 1985)}}

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{{MedalSport|Men's rowing}}

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{{MedalComp|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Karapiro|Lwt quad sculls}}

{{MedalBronze|2017 Sarasota|Lwt coxless four}}

{{MedalComp|European Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2013 Seville|Lwt single sculls}}

{{MedalBronze|2016 Brandenburg|Lwt coxless four}}

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Jonathan Koch (born 29 October 1985 in Giessen) is a German lightweight rower.

Until the end of 2010, Jonathan Koch was rowing for his hometown club Gießener Rudergesellschaft 1877. Already in summer 2010, he became part of the training group of Mainzer Ruder-Verein 1878 (MRV) under the supervision of Robert Sens, the rowing head coach of the German Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate. Since 2011 he is officially rowing for MRV.[http://www.mainzerruderverein.de/index.php?menu_id=39&jahr=2011&id=601 Noch ein Weltmeister für den MRV] 6. Februar 2011 auf der Webseite des Mainzer Ruder-Verein von 1878 e. V. After reaching only the B-final at the 2006 World Rowing Championships in Single Sculls he reached the A-final the following year at the World Championships in Munich, Germany, where he finished fourth. Since the Lightweight Single Sculls are not an Olympic boat class, Koch competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics together with Manuel Brehmer in the Men's Lightweight Double Sculls where they finished ninth.

After a break in 2009[http://www.fr-online.de/sport/spaete-erholung-vom-china-syndrom/-/1472784/4489414/-/index.html Jonathan Koch: Späte Erholung vom China-Syndrom.] In: Frankfurter Rundschau. 11. Oktober 2010. Jonathan Koch was rowing Single Sculls as well as Quadruple Sculls at the 2010 World Championships in Karapiro, NZ.[http://www.mainzerruderverein.de/index.php?menu_id=39&jahr=2010&id=565 Deutschlandachter will im Weltcup ungeschlagen bleiben.] 9. Juli 2010 auf der Webseite des Mainzer Ruder-Verein von 1878 e. V.[http://www.allgemeine-zeitung.de/region/mainz/meldungen/9454981.htm Anlauf holen fürs Treppchen.] In: Allgemeine Zeitung. 29. September 2010. While finishing 8th in Single Sculls he became World Champion Quadruple Sculls.

At the 2011 German Championships Koch gained the title of German Champion in Single Sculls as well as Quadruple Sculls.[http://www.allgemeine-zeitung.de/sport/mainz/andere_sportarten/10772615.htm Ein Herzschlagfinale] In: Allgemeine Zeitung. 23. Mai 2011.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he competed in the men's lightweight coxless four. The German team finished in 9th place.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/rowing-standings-ro-lightweight-mens-four |title=Rio 2016 |website=Rio 2016 |access-date=5 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826101927/https://www.rio2016.com/en/rowing-standings-ro-lightweight-mens-four |archivedate=26 August 2016 }}