List of Famous people with last name Schenk
Sylvia Schenk
Sylvia Schenk is a German middle-distance runner. She competed in the women's 800 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics for West Germany.
Otto Schenk
Otto Schenk is an Austrian actor, and theater and opera director.
Franziska Schenk
Franziska Schenk is a former German speed skater. She was a specialist in the sprint distances. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, she won a bronze on the 500 m in Vikingskipet at Hamar. After that she won the bronze medal in the Sprint World Championships in 1995 and 1996, she won overall in 1997, also in Vikingskipet. At the World Allround she won three bronze medals, two in 1997 and one in 1998. In addition she won 11 World Cup victories during her career.
Christian Schenk
Christian Schenk won the gold medal in the decathlon in the 1988 Summer Olympics, held in Seoul, South Korea.
Arvid Schenk
Arvid Schenk is a German retired professional football player who played as a goalkeeper.
Ard Schenk
Adrianus "Ard" Schenk is a former speed skater from the Netherlands, who is considered to be one of the best in history. His first Olympic success came in 1968, when he won a silver medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics. Between 1970 and 1972 Winter Olympics, Schenk won three consecutive World Allround Speed Skating Championships. He won three gold medals at the 1972 Winter Olympics, becoming, along with Galina Kulakova of Soviet Union, the most successful athlete there.
Nick Schenk
Nick Schenk is an American screenwriter, known for writing Gran Torino in 2008 for which he won Best Original Screenplay from the National Board of Review.