Christian Schacht
Christian Schacht (* June 24, 1976 in Karlsruhe ) is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 100 -meter run.
He was especially successful as a relay runner. With the crew of the LAZ Salamander Kornwestheim -Ludwigsburg he was in 1999 and 2001 German champion in the 4 x 100 - meter relay. His best individual result in the 100 - meter race was the third place at the German Championships 2000.
The greatest success in shaft career was winning the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 -meter relay at the European Athletics Championships in Munich in 2002. The German team in the lineup Ronny Ostwald, Marc Blume, Alexander Kosenkow, Christian Schacht had the goal originally s achieved in 38.88 in fourth behind the United Kingdom, Ukraine and Poland. The British squadron but was disqualified for a doping offense, their runner Dwain Chambers, so that the German team aufrückte by one rank. This decision was, however, only four years later. Schacht himself had his sports career has ended at the end of the 2002 season to concentrate on his medical studies can.