Wolfgang Behrendt

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Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Germany
Men's Boxing
Gold 1956 Melbourne Bantamweight
Wolfgang Behrendt.

Wolfgang Behrendt (14 July 1936 in Berlin) was a bantamweight amateur boxer from East Germany, who competed for the United Team of Germany at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Amateur career

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

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

References

  1. ↑ Olympic results
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


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