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Christian Schenk

1965 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christian Schenk has received more than 53,139 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Christian Schenk is the 2,681st most popular athlete (down from 1,813th in 2019), the 5,969th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,121st in 2019) and the 257th most popular German Athlete.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Christian Schenk ranks 2,681 out of 6,025. Before him are Sergey Makarov, Alexander Melentyev, Kathrin Boron, Yuriy Bilonoh, Abel Antón, and Wang Yang. After him are Qu Yunxia, Stephanie Graf, Addis Abebe, Willi Wülbeck, Georg Hackl, and Hubert Gardas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Christian Schenk ranks 624. Before him are Anja Niedringhaus, Jane Adams, Mohammed Achik, Andy Buckley, Farah Khan, and Marina Nemat. After him are Carrot Top, Wladimir Resnitschenko, Darja Švajger, Matt Servitto, Ilija Trojanow, and Dominique Herr.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Christian Schenk ranks 5,969 out of 7,253. Before him are Mirko Slomka (1967), Frank-Peter Roetsch (1964), Tetsuya Kakihara (1982), Kathrin Boron (1969), Diego Demme (1991), and Martin Wagner (1968). After him are Alexander Beyer (1973), Malick Thiaw (2001), Willi Wülbeck (1954), Georg Hackl (1966), Durs Grünbein (1962), and Peter Thomsen (1961).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Christian Schenk ranks 257. Before him are Ute Hommola (1952), Rudi Fink (1958), Antje Harvey (1967), Eberhard Rösch (1954), Frank-Peter Roetsch (1964), and Kathrin Boron (1969). After him are Willi Wülbeck (1954), Georg Hackl (1966), Peter Thomsen (1961), Peter Angerer (1959), Kathrin Neimke (1966), and Christiane Wartenberg (1956).

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