Andreas Behm

Andreas Behm

Andreas Behm in 1985
Personal information
Born (1962-11-28) 28 November 1962
Stralsund, Germany
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 67.25 kg (148.3 lb)
Sport
Sport Weightlifting
Club TSV 1860 Stralsund

Andreas Behm (born 28 November 1962) is a retired German weightlifter. He competed at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics in the lightweight category and finished in third and tenth place, respectively. Between 1981 and 1993 he won two gold, three silver and six bronze medals at European and world championships. On 7 July 1984, he set three world records, one in clean & jerk and two in the total.[1][2]

He competed until age 36[3] and then worked as a coach. His son Robby is also a weightlifter.[4]

References

  1. Andreas Behm. sports-reference.com
  2. Andreas Behm. chidlovski.net
  3. Behm Andreas (MVP). iat.uni-leipzig.de
  4. Titel soll zurück nach Chemnitz. chemnitzerac.de, 20 October 2011


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