Christian Schenk
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 Christian Schenk in 2014 | ||
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Representing  East Germany
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1988 Seoul | Decathlon |
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1990 Split | Decathlon |
Representing  Germany
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1991 Tokyo | Decathlon |
Christian Schenk (German pronunciation: [ˈkʁɪsti̯a(ː)n ˈʃɛŋk] ⓘ; 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.
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]
References
[edit]- ^ ""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.
- ^ "2017 Sam Adams Combined Events Invitational – Men's High Jump Results". phototiming.com. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Christian Schenk darf Olympia-Gold behalten". Faz.net. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
External links
[edit]- Christian Schenk at World Athletics
- Christian Schenk at Olympics.com
- Christian Schenk at Olympedia (archive)
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