Birgit Kober

Quick Facts

Full Name	Birgit Kober
Occupation	Athletics Competitor
Date Of Birth	Jul 10, 1971(1971-07-10)
Age	53
Birthplace	Munich
Country	Germany
Horoscope	Cancer

Birgit Kober Biography

Birgit Kober is one of the most popular and richest Athletics Competitor who was born on July 10, 1971 in Munich, Germany. Kober was born on the 21st of July in 1971 and was raised to be a part of Munich. She started playing sports from a young age and by the age of 14, she was participating in athletics and javelin throw during her time at the school of Munich. At the age of 16, an allergic reaction to medical treatment caused her to become deaf and one year later, she experienced epileptic seizures. As a teenager, she relocated in the Ruhr region of Germany where she attended an institution for the deaf. Her education continued and specialized in medicine, but was forced to stop down on her study in the year 2006 in order to provide care for her mother’s illness. In 2007, Kober was diagnosed with a condition called epilepticus. She was transported to the hospital, but due to complications, she was diagnosed with ataxia.

Kober was defending her World titles while traveling for Lyon at the time of her 2013. World Championships. She was awarded her javelin (F33/34) as well as the shot put title, which equaled her world record in javelin.

In 2012, as part of the run-up towards the Summer Paralympics in London she took part in her first European Championships in Stadskanaal in the Netherlands. She was again the top performer in the field, winning both gold medals as well as setting an all-time record on the shot throw, with the throw of 10.06m. In the Paralympics she threw a distance in the range of 27.03m when she threw the javelin. And three days later , she throws 10.25m for the shot put. Both of these distances set new World Records for the F34 classification. She also won the gold medal in both events.

Birgit Kober Net Worth

Birgit Kober is one of the richest Athletics Competitor from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Birgit Kober 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Birgit Kober (born 10 July 1971) is a German Paralympic athlete. She began competing in the F34 throws in seated events between 2011 and 2013. During this time, she was the reigning champion at the European, World and Paralympic level for javelin and shot put in her category. In the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games in London she set the world record in both of her events. In light of changes to the IPC rules on sitting throws in 2014 she decided to compete sitting position, as an athlete in the F36 category. She was the winner of in the F36 shot put in the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games with the Paralympic record-setting throw. In April 2017, she’s the World Record holder in the women’s shot put with having a distance of 11.52 meters, which she set in July of 2016.

Kober returned to athletics in 2008 mostly as a means of pleasure with no plans to develop her sport. Kober was a member of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen where she was instructed by Joachim Lipske. Kober was quickly recognized as a promising talent in throwing events, and by 2009 she was participating at national championships. She was classified as a T/F34 para-athlete Kober is a specialist in both javelin, and the shot. She was selected to compete in the IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand, and won gold in both of her events. When she competed in the shot throw, in which she was competing with a F32/33/34 mixed team she was able to throw a distance of 9.30m which is an all-time record in the world.

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Birgit Ranked on the list of most popular Athletics Competitor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Birgit Kober celebrates birthday on July 10 of every year.