Stefanie Koch

Stefanie "Steffi" Koch (born 13 October 1981) is a German ski mountaineer. Koch was born in Anger and grew on the farm of their parents with her three siblings. In her teens she started mountain biking and participated in triathlon competitions. She passed the clerical administrative assistant training and was inspired of ski mountaineering by her boyfriend Stefan Klinger. Her aunt Resi was the first female German, who climbed on the Nanga Parbat in 2001.