Eberhard Schenk

{{Short description|German track and field athlete}}

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Eberhard Schenk (17 July 1929 – 23 July 2010) was a German Track and field athlete.{{cite journal|last=Timmel|first=Andreas|date=November 2010|title=In memoriam Mr Dr. med. Eberhard Schenk|journal=Ärzteblatt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|publisher=Ärztekammer Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|volume=20|pages=427|language=German|url=http://www.aek-mv.de/upload/file/aerzte/Aerzteblatt/2010/heft_11_2010.pdf}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Schenk was born in Schneidemühl (Posen-West Prussia) (today Piła, Poland) 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).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. After his career as an athlete he became a practising doctor at Bergen auf Rügen. He died in Bergen auf Rügen, Germany.

He was the father of Christian Schenk.