Name: Christoph Kopp
Born: 14 December 1947 in Berlin, Germany
Profession: Owner of a cables and electronic wires distribution company
Involved in athletics since 1961, first as a junior sprinter and later as a instructor and coach. Besides the coaching also various early voluntary engagements in athletics, e.g. from 1979-1997 head of athletics at the SCC Berlin Sports Club. During this time heavily involved in event organisation.
From 1997-2000 head of the LG NIKE Berlin Sports Club and from 1999-2004 President of the Berlin Athletics Federation.
Since 1999 stronger involvement in professional management consultancy.
I was responsible for elite athlete co-ordination at the following events due to my long established international contacts:
- 1980-1997 business manager and sports director Berlin Marathon
- Marathon Regensburg
- Marathon Köln
- Marathon Südtirol (Italy)
- Marathon München
- Mitteldeutscher Marathon Halle/Leipzig
- Gniezno (Poland)
- Wachau Marathon (Austria)
- Spreewald Marathon
- 10km Road Race and track-meeting Grudziadz (Poland)
- 10 Km road race Poznan (Poland)
- Halfmarathon Kiew (Ukraine)
- Rostocker Citylauf
- Antalya Marathon (Turkey)
- Dresden Marathon
- BIG 25 Herne
- Airport Run Berlin
- PSD Bank Halfmarathon Hamburg
- BIG 25 km von Berlin
Current list of references:
- Frankfurt Marathon
- Düsseldorf Marathon
- Paderborner Osterlauf (10 km and Halfmarathon)
- Hannover Marathon
- Kö-Lauf Düsseldorf 10 km
- Würzburger Residenzlauf 10 km
- The Great 10k Berlin
- International Chemnitzer Citylauf 10 km (Road Race)
- Citylauf Oelde
