Christian Schenk

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Christian Schenk
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Christian Schenk in 2014
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1988 Seoul Decathlon
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1990 Split Decathlon
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1991 Tokyo Decathlon

Christian Schenk (German pronunciation: [ˈkʁɪsti̯a(ː)nˈʃɛŋk] ⓘ ; born 9 February 1965 in Rostock, East Germany) is a former decathlete who competed for East Germany and Germany. He won the gold medal in the decathlon in the 1988 Summer Olympics, held in Seoul, South Korea.

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Schenk also won a bronze medal at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo. He missed the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona because of an injury and came fourth in the 1993 World Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart.

His personal best was 8500 points, achieved in August 1993 in Stuttgart. This ranks him ninth among German decathletes, behind Jürgen Hingsen, Uwe Freimuth, Siegfried Wentz, Frank Busemann, Torsten Voss, Guido Kratschmer, Paul Meier and Siegfried Stark. [1] Schenk cleared 2.27 m (7 ft 5+1⁄4 in) in the 1988 Seoul Olympics to share the World Decathlon Best in high jump with Rolf Beilschmidt, until the Canadian Olympic high jump gold medalist Derek Drouin improved the record by 1 centimeter in an decathlon competition in 2017. [2] Schenk was noted for his use of the old-fashioned straddle technique, at a time when the Fosbury flop had become almost universal in competitive high jumping. He retired in 1994.

In August 2018, Schenk confessed that he had used chlorodehydromethyltestosterone during his career, his voluntary doping confession was greeted as a positive signal by the International Olympic Committee. [3]

Personal bests

EventPerformanceLocationDatePoints
Decathlon8,500 points Stuttgart August 20, 19938,500 points
100 metres 11.21 Götzis May 25, 1985825 points
Long jump 7.73 m (25 ft 4+1⁄4 in) Götzis June 16, 19901,079 points
Shot put 15.77 m (51 ft 8+3⁄4 in) Tokyo August 29, 1991869 points
High jump 2.27 m (7 ft 5+1⁄4 in) Seoul September 28 19881,152 points
400 metres 48.78 Stuttgart August 19, 1993932 points
110 metres hurdles 14.78 Götzis June 16, 1991930 points
Discus throw 49.68 m (162 ft 11+3⁄4 in) Götzis May 31, 1992871 points
Pole vault 4.90 m (16 ft 3⁄4 in) Tokyo August 30, 1991967 points
Javelin throw 65.32 m (214 ft 3+1⁄2 in) Stuttgart August 20, 1993893 points
1500 metres 4:13.77 Split August 29, 1990700 points
Virtual Best Performance9,218 points

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References

  1. ↑ ""Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik" ["Eternal" list of the best in German athletics](PDF). leichtathletik.de (in German). Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2007. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
  2. ↑ "2017 Sam Adams Combined Events Invitational – Men's High Jump Results". phototiming.com. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Christian Schenk darf Olympia-Gold behalten". Faz.net. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
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