Cees Koch (discus thrower)

Cees Koch

Koch in 1964
Personal information
Born	(1936-07-16)16 July 1936 Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died	14 September 2021(2021-09-14) (aged 85) Heemstede, Netherlands
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	110 kg (240 lb)
Sport
Sport	Discus throw
Club	Pro Patria, Rotterdam
Medal record Representing Netherlands European Championships Belgrade 1962 Discus throw

Cornelis "Cees" Koch (16 July 1936 – 14 September 2021) was a Dutch discus thrower and shot putter. As a discus thrower, he competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and finished in 22nd and 17th place, respectively.

With a throw of 55.96m, he won a silver medal at the 1962 European Championships in Belgrade, behind Soviet Union's Vladimir Trusenyev (57.11m). In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Koch collected sixteen Dutch titles altogether, seven in shot put and nine in discus throw.

Koch finished second behind Elfranco Malan in the discus throw event at the British 1961 AAA Championships.

Koch in 2010 with a self-made model of a Dutch boat

Sources

• Cees Koch's obituary (in Dutch)

External links

• Werpen Mannen. Periode 1945–1972. atletiekhistorici.nl