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Wolfgang Behrendt
Medal record
Wolfgang Behrendt in 1956.
Representing Germany
Men's boxing
	1956 Melbourne	Bantamweight

Wolfgang Behrendt (born 14 June 1936) was a bantamweight amateur boxer from East Germany, won the gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics for the United Team of Germany. He subsequently became the first Olympic champion for East Germany. He was born in Berlin.^[1]

Amateur career[edit]

He won the gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics and became the first Olympic champion for East Germany.^[1]

Amateur highlights[edit]

Record: 188 Wins – 8 Losses – 5 Draws

1955 East German Bantamweight Champion, 3rd place (Flyweight) at European Championships in Berlin.
1956 Gold Medalist (Bantamweight) in a unified German team at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne. Results were:
- Defeated Henrik Ottesen (Denmark) KO-2
- Defeated Owen Reilly (Great Britain) PTS
- Defeated Freddie Gilroy (Ireland) PTS
- Defeated Song Soon-Chun (South Korea) PTS
1957 East German Bantamweight Champion
1960 East German Featherweight Champion

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wolfgang Behrendt". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2018.

Olympic boxing champions – men's bantamweight

1904: 105–115 lb (47.6–52.2 kg), 1908: -116 lb (52.6 kg), 1920–1928: 112–118 lb (50.8–53.5 kg), 1932–1936: 112–119 lb (50.8–54.0 kg), 1948–2008: 51–54 kg, 2012: 52–56 kg, 2016: 53–56 kg