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^[1]^[2] 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.^[3] In 2015 she won the 5000 metres and 10000 metres race walks at the 2015 World Masters Athletics Championships.^[4] The 10000 metres was also a team competition, so she won an additional silver medal, leading the German team.^[5] Between the two World Championships, she was barely able to train with caution due to an injury.^[6]

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.^[7]

She was the German W35 National Champion at 5000 metres in 2010,^[8] 2012^[9] and 2013. In 2014 it was a race against Open division walkers and she came in second versus walkers almost 20 years her junior.^[10] Finishing in second place in her age division in most domestic races has been her twin sister, Brit Schröter.^[6]^[11]^[12]^[13] During her absence, her sister won both race walks at the 2014 European Masters Athletics Championships.

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