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Bianca Schenker
Personal information
National team Germany
Born (1974-03-10) 10 March 1974 (age 50)
Sport
ClubLAV Reichenbach
Coached bySelf

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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