User:Trackinfo/Bianca Schenker

Bianca Schenker

Personal information
National team	Germany
Born	(1974-03-10) 10 March 1974
Sport
Club	LAV Reichenbach
Coached by	Self

Bianca Schenker (born 10 March 1974) is a German race walker She was a double gold medal winner at the 2014 World Indoor Masters Championships in Budapest, Hungary, winning the W35 3000 metres race walk and 10000 metres race walk. In 2015 she won the 5000 metres and 10000 metres race walks at the 2015 World Masters Athletics Championships. The 10000 metres was also a team competition, so she won an additional silver medal, leading the German team. Between the two World Championships, she was barely able to train with caution due to an injury.

She won the Grand Prix of Naumburg 20km race walk. Sharing the headline, the men's winner of that same event was Olympic bronze medalist and World Champion Robert Heffernan.

She was the German W35 National Champion at 5000 metres in 2010, 2012 and 2013. In 2014 it was a race against Open division walkers and she came in second versus walkers almost 20 years her junior. Finishing in second place in her age division in most domestic races has been her twin sister, Brit Schröter. During her absence, her sister won both race walks at the 2014 European Masters Athletics Championships.