Hans Schenk

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameHans•Schenk
Used nameHans•Schenk
Born1 January 1936 in Muldzhen, Kaliningrad (RUS)
Died19 January 2006 in Leverkusen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (GER)
Measurements185 cm / 85 kg
AffiliationsBayer 04 Leverkusen, Leverkusen (GER)
NOC Germany
Nationality West Germany

Biography

Javelin thrower Hans Schenk came in 12th at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. He also finished seventh at the 1958 Europeans. Domestically he never won a West German title. His daughter Anette became a middle- and long-distance runner.

Schenk became better known as the West German national javelin coach, numbering among his pupils Klaus Wolfermann and Klaus Tafelmeier. After fleeing from East Prussia in 1945, together with his mother and five siblings, he settled in Leverkusen. He was trained as a business clerk but took a job as a lecturer at the Sports High School in Köln (Cologne) and coach at his home club of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Schenk was also a long-time fitness and conditioning coach for the football (soccer) club 1. FC Köln.

Personal Best: JT – 78.12 (1964).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal Nationality As
1964 Summer Olympics Athletics GER FRG Hans Schenk
Javelin Throw, Men (Olympic) 12