Eberhard Schenk (17 July 1929 – 23 July 2010) was a German

Track and field athlete Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping even ...

. Schenk was born in Schneidemühl (

Posen-West Prussia The Frontier March of Posen-West Prussia (german: Grenzmark Posen-Westpreußen, pl, Marchia Graniczna Poznańsko-Zachodniopruska) was a province of Prussia from 1922 to 1938. Posen-West Prussia was established in 1922 as a province of the Free ...

) (today Piła,

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 mill ...

) and became a successful

East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

athlete of the 1950s. He was twice the East German hurdle race champion (1954: 200 meter; 1955: 110 meter).Klaus Amrhein: ''Biographisches Handbuch zur Geschichte der Deutschen Leichtathletik 1898–2005''. 2 Bände. Darmstadt 2005 publiziert über Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft Schenk started for ''Einheit Rostock'', later ''

SC Empor Rostock FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from the forme ...

''. After his career as an athlete he became a practising doctor at

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-Western Pomerania, Germany. Since 1 January 2005, Bergen has moreover been the administrative seat of the '' Amt'' of Bergen ...

. He died in

, Germany. He was the father of

Christian Schenk Christian Schenk (; 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. Sch ...

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schenk, Eberhard 1929 births 2010 deaths People from Piła People from Posen–West Prussia East German male hurdlers Athletes from Greater Poland Voivodeship SC Empor Rostock athletes Athletes from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania People from Bezirk Rostock