Holger Behrendt

Holger Behrendt (born 29 January 1964 in Schönebeck, Bezirk Magdeburg) is a German gymnast and Olympic champion.^[1]

Holger Behrendt
Born	(1964-01-29) 29 January 1964 (age 60) Schönebeck, Bezirk Magdeburg, East Germany
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	East Germany
Medal record Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Rings 1988 Seoul Team 1988 Seoul Horizontal bar World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 1985 Montreal Team 1987 Rotterdam Horizontal bar 1987 Rotterdam Team

Olympics

Holger Behrendt competed for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul where he received a gold medal in rings, a silver medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in horizontal bar.^[2]

World championships

Behrend participated on the team that received bronze for East Germany at the 1985 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Montreal.

At the 1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam he received a bronze medal in horizontal bar, and again a bronze medal with the team from East Germany.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Holger Behrendt". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
2. "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Gymnastics" Archived 31 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 5 April 2008)