照片上这位胸前挂满了金牌的姑娘,就是被人们称为“田径女皇”的东德姑娘玛丽塔·科赫。在世界各大通讯社和有影响的体育报刊多次评选的世界最佳运动员的名单中,她的名字几乎总是名列前茅。科赫今年27岁,出生于波罗的海岸边的维斯玛尔。这位从小就喜爱运动的姑娘,十五岁时开始练习赛跑, The girl on the chest covered with gold medals is Maryta Koch, the East German girl known as the “track and field empress.” Her name is almost always among the best in the world in the list of the best athletes in the world by major news agencies and influential sports newspapers. Koch, 27, was born in Wismar on the Baltic coast. The little girl who loved sports since childhood, began practicing racing at the age of 15,