Jan Behrendt
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Olympic medal record | |||
Men's Luge | |||
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Silver | 1988 Calgary | Doubles | |
Gold | 1992 Albertville | Doubles | |
Bronze | 1994 Lillehammer | Doubles | |
Gold | 1998 Nagano | Doubles |
Jan Behrendt (born November 29, 1967 in Berlin) is a retired German luger. Together with Stefan Krauße he won two Olympic gold medals (1992, 1998), one silver medal (1988) and one bronze (1994) in Men's Doubles.
In addition they won the World Championships in 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1995.
Behrendt and Krauße retired after the 1998 Olympics. The same year they were proclaimed honorary citizens of Krauße's hometown Ilmenau.