Holger Behrendt

German gymnast and Olympic champion

Holger Behrendt

Country represented|  East Germany
Born|  (1964-01-29) 29 January 1964 (age 59)
Schönebeck, Bezirk Magdeburg, East Germany
Discipline| Men's artistic gymnastics

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

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

## Olympics[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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)

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Olympic Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Still Rings

Summary

* 1896:  Ioannis Mitropoulos (GRE)
* 1904:  Herman Glass (USA)
* 1924:  Francesco Martino (ITA)
* 1928:  Leon Štukelj (YUG)
* 1932:  George Gulack (USA)
* 1936:  Alois Hudec (TCH)
* 1948:  Karl Frei (SUI)
* 1952:  Hrant Shahinyan
* 1956:  Albert Azaryan (URS)
* 1960:  Albert Azaryan (URS)
* 1964:  Takuji Hayata (JPN)
* 1968:  Akinori Nakayama (JPN)
* 1972:  Akinori Nakayama (JPN)
* 1976:  Nikolai Andrianov (URS)
* 1980:  Alexander Dityatin (URS)
* 1984:  Kōji Gushiken (JPN)
1984 Li Ning (CHN)
* 1988:  Holger Behrendt (GDR)
1988 Dmitry Bilozerchev (URS)
* 1992:  Vitaly Scherbo (EUN)
* 1996:  Jury Chechi (ITA)
* 2000:  Szilveszter Csollány (HUN)
* 2004:  Dimosthenis Tampakos (GRE)
* 2008:  Chen Yibing (CHN)
* 2012:  Arthur Zanetti (BRA)
* 2016:  Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE)
* 2020:  Liu Yang (CHN)

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European Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Rings

* 1955:  Albert Azaryan (URS)
* 1957:  Joaquín Blume (ESP)
* 1957: Yuri Titov (URS)
* 1959:  Yuri Titov (URS)
* 1961:  Miroslav Cerar (YUG)
* 1961: Velik Kapsazov (BUL)
* 1961: Yuri Titov (URS)
* 1963:  Miroslav Cerar (YUG)
* 1963: Boris Shakhlin (URS)
* 1963: Velik Kapsazov (BUL)
* 1965:  Viktor Lisitsky (URS)
* 1965: Franco Menichelli (ITA)
* 1967:  Mikhail Voronin (URS)
* 1967: Viktor Lisitsky (URS)
* 1969:  Mikhail Voronin (URS)
* 1971:  Mikhail Voronin (URS)
* 1973:  Viktor Klimenko (URS)
* 1975:  Dan Grecu (ROM)
* 1977:  Vladimir Markelov (URS)
* 1979:  Alexander Dityatin (URS)
* 1981:  Yuri Korolyov (URS)
* 1983:  Dmitry Bilozerchev (URS)
* 1983: Plamen Petkov (BUL)
* 1985:  Dmitry Bilozerchev (URS)
* 1987:  Valentin Mogilny (URS)
* 1989:  Holger Behrendt (GDR)
* 1990:  Jury Chechi (ITA)
* 1992:  Jury Chechi (ITA)
* 1994:  Jury Chechi (ITA)
* 1996:  Jury Chechi (ITA)
* 1998:  Szilveszter Csollány (HUN)
* 2000:  Dimosthenis Tampakos (GRE)
* 2002:  Yordan Yovchev (BUL)
* 2004:  Dimosthenis Tampakos (GRE)
* 2004: Aleksandr Safoshkin (RUS)
* 2005:  Andrea Coppolino (ITA)
* 2005: Yuri van Gelder (NED)
* 2006:  Aleksandr Safoshkin (RUS)
* 2007:  Oleksandr Vorobiov (UKR)
* 2008:  Yuri van Gelder (NED)
* 2009:  Yuri van Gelder (NED)
* 2010:  Matteo Morandi (ITA)
* 2011:  Konstantin Pluzhnikov (RUS)
* 2012:  Aleksandr Balandin (RUS)
* 2013:  Samir Aït Saïd (FRA)
* 2013: Igor Radivilov (UKR)
* 2014:  Denis Ablyazin (RUS)
* 2014: Aleksandr Balandin (RUS)
* 2015:  Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE)
* 2016:  Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE)
* 2017:  Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE)
* 2018:  Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE)
* 2019:  Denis Ablyazin (RUS)
* 2020:  İbrahim Çolak (TUR)
* 2021:  Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE)
* 2022:  Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE)
* 2023:  Adem Asil (TUR)

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