Wolfgang Behrendt (born 14 June 1936) was a

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amateur boxer from

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, won the

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medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics for the

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. He subsequently became the first Olympic champion for

. He was born in

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Amateur career

He won the

medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics and became the first Olympic champion for

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

1936 births Living people Olympic boxers of the United Team of Germany Bantamweight boxers Olympic gold medalists for the United Team of Germany Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Boxers from Berlin Olympic medalists in boxing Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze Recipients of the Banner of Labor German male boxers Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics {{Germany-boxing-bio-stub