Sylvia Schenk

This article is about the athlete Sylvia Schenk. For the writer, see Sylvie Schenk .

Sylvia Schenk at the general assembly of the DOSB on March 21, 2015 in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt

Sylvia Schenk (born June 1, 1952 in Rotenburg an der Wümme ) is a German lawyer and former athlete . She was successful in the 800-meter run in the 1970s . On July 31, 1971 she was involved in a world record in the 4 x 800 meter relay race in Lübeck (8: 16.8 min: Ellen Tittel , Sylvia Schenk, Christa Merten , Hildegard Falck ). From 2001 to 2004 Schenk was President of the Association of German Cyclists (BDR).

Sylvia Schenk initially belonged to the sports club ESV Jahn Treysa , later to Eintracht Frankfurt . At the European Junior Championships in 1970 she won the silver medal (2: 05.2 min). She became German champion of the Federal Republic in 1972 in the 800-meter run (2: 03.3 min) and in 1974 in the short-distance cross-country run. She started at the 1972 Olympic Games (20th place) and the European Athletics Championships in 1971 and 1974 in the 800-meter run without reaching the finals.

Schenk is a member of the SPD . She worked as a judge at the labor court and was elected full-time city councilor (department head) in Frankfurt am Main after the red-green election success in the Hessian municipal elections in 1989 . In 1995 she was confirmed in office. Her time in the Frankfurt magistrate ended after the local elections in 2001. Her responsibilities changed several times, including the areas of sport, law, women and housing.

From 2001 to 2004 she was President of the Association of German Cyclists . She resigned after controversies with the sports director of the BDR, Burckhard Bremer , because she could not assert herself with a more transparent course in competitive cycling. The trigger for the development was the case of the driver Christian Lademann , who had abnormal blood values before the Summer Olympics in Athens , but Bremer had not informed the president of the association. At the level of the World Cycling Federation UCI , she publicly criticized that z. B. the future President Pat McQuaid received money from the UCI before his election. She reported on a saying by UCI President Hein Verbruggen : “It's a men's world, and you're a woman, so you have to adapt.” (English = It's a men's world, and you are a woman, well you have to adapt. ). In 2013 she reapplied as President of the BDR. In addition to the fight against doping, her main goals were to improve communication within the association. In the election on March 23, 2013 she was defeated by 156 to 411 votes (with 26 abstentions or invalid votes) to her opponent, the previous President Rudolf Scharping.

From 2006 to June 2013 Schenk was a member of the board of Transparency International Germany, from 2007 to 2010 as chairwoman. Since January 2014 she has headed the “Sport Working Group” of this organization.

She is married to the former 800-meter runner Franz-Josef Kemper , the couple have a daughter.

In 2018, Schenk was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon .

Web links

• Sylvia Schenk in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• faz.net of April 21, 2013: "Hoeneß's credibility is extremely shaken" (Interview)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Markus Völker: In the center of the power struggle. In: Berliner Zeitung . September 18, 2004.
2. ↑ Tim Farin, Christian Parth: Schenk charges another Freiburg doctor. In: Stern . May 28, 2007.
3. ↑ Hedwig Kröner: Strong-minded Sylvia Schenk continues quest for Law & Order - Part II. In: Cyclingnews.com. August 10, 2005 (interview, English).
4. ^ Bertram Job : Scharping remains BDR President. In: Der Tagesspiegel . March 23, 2013.
5. ↑ Working groups. transparency.de, accessed on May 12, 2014 . 
6. ↑ Philipp Krohn: Long breath instead of thick calves. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , February 23, 2009, accessed December 25, 2010 . 
7. ↑ The Federal President / Silver Laurel Leaf and Order of Merit. In: bundespraesident.de. June 7, 2017. Retrieved October 9, 2018 .