Eberhard Schenk is a former German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 Track and field athlete.

Schenk was born in Schneidemühl (Posen-West Prussia

Posen-West Prussia

The border province of historical period Posen-West Prussia was a province of the Free State of Prussia. The capital was Schneidemühl . The province had an area of 7,695 km², and was located within present-day Poland....

) (today Piła, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

) and became a successful East German athlete of the 1950s. He was twice the East German hurdle race champion
(1954: 200 meter; 1955: 110 meter).

Schenk started for Einheit Rostock, later SC Empor Rostock. After his career as an athlete he became a practising doctor at Bergen auf Rügen

Bergen auf Rügen

Bergen auf Rügen is the capital of the former district of Rügen in the middle of the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Since 1 January 2005, Bergen has moreover been the administrative seat of the Amt of Bergen auf Rügen, which with a population of over 23,000 is...

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He is the father of Christian Schenk

Christian Schenk

Christian Schenk 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...

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Personal Best

• 100 Meter: 11,0 sec
• 200 Meter: 22,8 sec
• 400 Meter: 52,8 sec
• 110 Meter hurdles: 14,8 sec
• 200 Meter hurdles: 24,7 sec
• 400 Meter hurdles: 55,8 sec
• Long jump: 6,24 m
• Triple jump: 13,95 m