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Jan Behrendt (born November 29, 1967 in Ilmenau) is a East German-German luger who competed from the mid 1980s to 1998. 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 eleven medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with seven golds (Men's doubles: 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995; Mixed team: 1991, 1993, 1995) and four silvers (Men's doubles: 1997, Mixed team: 1989, 1996, 1997). At the FIL European Luge Championships, they won a total of five medals with three golds (Men's doubles: 1996, 1998; Mixed team: 1998) and two bronzes (Men's doubles: 1990, 1992).
They won the overall Luge World Cup men's doubles title three times (1993-4, 1994-5, 1995-6).
Behrendt and Krausse retired after the 1998 Olympics. The same year they were proclaimed honorary citizens of Ilmenau.
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World champions in mixed team relay luge. |
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1989: Italy - Hansjörg Raffl, Gerhard Plankensteiner, Gerda Weissensteiner, Veronika Oberhuber, & Norbert Huber * 1990: East Germany - Jens Müller, Thomas Jacob, Gabriele Kohlisch, Susi Erdmann, Jörg Hoffmann, & Jochen Pietzsch * 1991: Germany - Georg Hackl, Jens Müller, Susi Erdmann, Gabriele Kohlisch, Stefan Krausse, & Jan Behrendt * 1993: Germany - Georg Hackl, René Friedl, Gabriele Kohlisch, Stefan Krausse, & Jan Behrendt * 1995: Germany - Georg Hackl, Jens Müller, Gabriele Kohlisch, Susi Erdmann, Stefan Krausse, & Jan Behrendt * 1996: Austria - Markus Prock, Markus Schmidt, Angelika Neuner, Andrea Tagwerker, Tobias Schiegl, & Markus Schiegl * 1997: Austria - Markus Prock, Gerhard Gleirscher, Andrea Tagwerker, Angelika Neuner, Tobias Schiegl, & Markus Schiegl |
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1999: Austria - Markus Prock, Andrea Tagwerker, Tobias Schiegl, & Markus Schiegl * 2000: Germany - Georg Hackl, Silke Kraushaar, Steffen Skel, & Steffen Wöller * 2001: Germany - Georg Hackl, Silke Kraushaar, Patric Leitner, & Alexander Resch * 2003: Germany - Georg Hackl, Sylke Otto, Patric Leitner, & Alexander Resch * 2004: Germany - David Möller, Barbara Niedernhuber, Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch * 2005: Germany - Georg Hackl, Sylke Otto, André Florschütz, & Torsten Wustlich * 2007: Germany - David Möller, Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, Patric Leitner, & Alexander Resch |
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European champions in mixed team relay luge. |
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1988: West Germany - Georg Hackl, Johannes Schettel, Langhof, Veronika Bilgeri, Thomas Schwab, & Wolfgang Staudinger * 1990: East Germany - Jens Müller, René Friedl, Susi Erdmann, Sylke Otto, Jörg Hoffmann, & Jochen Pietzsch * 1992: Germany - Georg Hackl, René Friedl, Susi Erdmann, Sylke Otto, Yves Mankel, & Thomas Rudolph * 1994: Italy - Armin Zöggeler, Norbert Huber, Gerda Weissensteiner, Natalie Obkircher, Kurt Brugger, & Wilfried Huber * 1996: Germany - Team not listed * 1998: Germany - Jens Müller, Karsten Albert, Susi Erdmann, Silke Kraushaar, Stefan Krausse, & Jan Behrendt |
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2000: Germany - Georg Hackl, Sylke Otto, Patric Leitner, & Alexander Resch * 2002: Germany - Georg Hackl, Silke Kraushaar, Steffen Skel, & Steffen Wöller * 2004: Germany - Jan Eichhorn, Silke Kraushaar, Steffen Skel & Steffen Wöller * 2006: Germany - David Möller, Silke Kraushaar, Steffen Skel, & Steffen Wöller |
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