Andreas Behm
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Andreas Behm (born November 28, 1962 in Stralsund ; † December 27, 2021 ) was a German weightlifter in the lightweight class .
Career
Between 1971 and 2000 he took part in numerous sporting competitions and during this period he set 21 national records in the GDR and three world records. The high point of his career was winning the bronze medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona .
For this he received the silver bay leaf on June 23, 1993.
A runner-up world championship in a duel and two European championship titles complete his list of successes. The last significant title win was the 1998 German championship in Regen . Andreas Behm won 38 medals at the Olympic Games as well as World and European Championships. He is the most successful German weightlifter.
Andreas Behm started for BSG Motor Stralsund and TSV 1860 Stralsund .
In 2000, the exceptional athlete said goodbye to active competitive sport.
Andreas Behm lived in Stralsund and trained the youth team of TSV 1860 Stralsund. Behm was married and the father of weightlifter Robert "Robby" Behm .
Successes (selection)
- World Weightlifting Championships 1981 4th place
- 1982 World Weightlifting Championships 2nd place
- World Weightlifting Championships 1983 3rd place
- World Weightlifting Championships 1987 2nd place
- World Weightlifting Championships 1989 5th place
- World Weightlifting Championships 1990 5th place
- 1991 World Weightlifting Championships 6th place
- Olympic Games 1992 3rd place
- World Weightlifting Championships 1993 3rd place
- World Weightlifting Championships 1994 7th place
- World Weightlifting Championships 1995 6th place
- German championship 1996 1st place
- Olympic Games 1996 10th place
- German championship 1997 1st place
- German championship 1998 1st place
Awards (selection)
- 1984: Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold
Web links
- Andreas Behm at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Final of the German Weightlifting Championship: Duel of the underdogs without favorites. In: Rheinische Post. April 6, 2000, accessed April 11, 2014 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stralsund weightlifting legend Andreas Behm is dead , Ostsee-Zeitung of December 29, 2021.
- ↑ Landesspoertbund Niedersachsen e. V., VIBSS: The Federal President and his duties in the field of sport; "[...] on June 23, 1993, Federal President von Weizsäcker awarded [...] disabled and non-disabled athletes, namely the medal winners of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 1992, with the silver laurel leaf [...]"
- ↑ Weightlifting database of the Institute for Applied Training Science , as of April 16, 2012.
- ↑ TSV 1860 Stralsund - a successful traditional club in the north. ( Memento of July 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 1, 2012.
- ↑ database
- ↑ New Germany . 1./2. September 1984, p. 4.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Behm, Andreas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German weightlifter |
| BIRTH DATE | November 28, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stralsund |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 2021 |