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.

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. Schenk cleared 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. 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.

Personal bests Event Performance Location Date Points Decathlon8,500 points Stuttgart August 20, 1993 8,500 points 100 metres 11.21 Götzis May 25, 1985 825 points Long jump Götzis June 16, 1990 1,079 points Shot put Tokyo August 29, 1991 869 points High jump Seoul September 28 1988 1,152 points 400 metres 48.78 Stuttgart August 19, 1993 932 points 110 metres hurdles 14.78 Götzis June 16, 1991 930 points Discus throw Götzis May 31, 1992 871 points Pole vault Tokyo August 30, 1991 967 points Javelin throw Stuttgart August 20, 1993 893 points 1500 metres 4:13.77 Split August 29, 1990 700 points Virtual Best Performance 9,218 points