Birgit Kober

Birgit Kober

Kober in April 2013.
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1971-07-10) 10 July 1971 (age 53) Munich, West Germany
Website	www.birgitkober.de
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Disability	Ataxia
Event(s)	shot put Javelin throw
Club	TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Coached by	Joachim Lipske
Medal record Women's para athletics Representing  Germany Event 1st 2nd 3rd Paralympic Games 3 0 0 World Championships 4 0 0 European Championships 5 0 0 Paralympic Games 2012 London Shot put F33/34 2012 London Javelin – F33/34/52/53 2016 Rio de Janeiro Shot put – F36 IPC World Championships 2011 Christchurch Shot put – F33/34 2011 Christchurch Javelin F33/34/52/53 2013 Lyon Shot put – F32/33/34 2013 Lyon Javelin F33/34 IPC European Championships 2012 Stadskanaal Shot put – F34 2012 Stadskanaal Javelin F33/34/52/53 2014 Swansea Javelin F34 2014 Swansea shot put F34 2016 Grosseto shot put F35/36

Birgit Kober (born 10 July 1971) is a German Paralympic athlete.^[1] She initially competed in F34 seated throwing events, and from 2011 to 2013 she became the reigning champion at European, World and Paralympic level in both shot put and javelin in her class. At the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games in London, she broke the world record in both her events. Following changes to the IPC rules for seated throws in 2014, she chose to compete in a standing position as an F36 athlete.^[2] She won the F36 shot put at the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games with a Paralympic record throw. As of April 2017^[update] she is World Record holder in the Women's F36 shot put, a distance of 11.52 m set in July 2016.^[3][4]