Wolfgang Behrendt

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 Unified Team of Germany. He subsequently became the first Olympic champion for East Germany. He was born in Berlin.

Contents

• Wolfgang behrendt erste olympische goldmedaille eines ddr athleten 1956 in melbourne
• Wolfgang Behrendt Ostzonenjungs gegen Westzonenjungs
• Amateur career
• Amateur Highlights
• References

Amateur career

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

Amateur Highlights

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