Christian Schenk

Christian Schenk (German pronunciation: [ˈkʁɪsti̯an ˈʃɛŋk], audio ; born 9 February 1965 in Rostock, East Germany) won the gold medal in the decathlon in the 1988 Summer Olympics, held in Seoul, South Korea.

Christian Schenk

Christian Schenk (left) speaking to Ulf Timmermann in 1989
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul Decathlon
European Championships
1990 SplitDecathlon
Representing  Germany
World Championships
1991 TokyoDecathlon

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 shares the decathlon world record in high jump with Rolf Beilschmidt at 2.27 m. He was noted for his use of the straddle technique, at a time when the Fosbury flop had become almost universal in competitive high jumping.

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.[2]

References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Christian Schenk darf Olympia-Gold behalten". Faz.net. Retrieved 31 August 2018.



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