Holger Behrendt

Holger Behrendt (born January 29, 1964 in Schönebeck ) is a former gymnast from the GDR, who became Olympic gold medalist in the rings in 1988.

Life

Behrendt started at TZ Schönebeck and later switched to ASK Vorwärts Potsdam . Behrendt was a student of Bernd Jäger , whose Jäger-Salto Behrendt showed to perfection. As an innovation, Behrendt was the first gymnast on the horizontal bar to show a combination of Kovacs somersaults and Deltschew somersaults in direct succession.

In 1984 Behrendt was the first time GDR champion on the rings. In 1985 he finished eighth in the all-around competition at the World Championships, in 1987 he finished sixth. At the Olympic Games in 1988 Behrendt could not qualify for the all-around final. For this he won two medals in individual finals, on the rings he shared the Olympic victory with Dmitri Bilosertschew . He was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold for his sporting success at the Olympic Games .

After his career, Behrendt worked as a gymnastics trainer at SC Cottbus .

successes

• 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
  • Gold on the rings
  • Silver in the team classification
  • Bronze on the horizontal bar
• World Gymnastics Championships 1985 in Montreal
  • Bronze in the team ranking
• World Gymnastics Championships 1987 in Rotterdam
  • Bronze in the team ranking
  • Bronze on the horizontal bar
• GDR championship title
  • Pommel horse 1984
  • Floor 1988
  • Rings 1984, 1985, 1987
  • Reck 1985, 1987, 1988

In the all-around competition, Behrendt was runner-up in the GDR in 1982 and 1985. In 1984, 1987 and 1988 he took third place.

literature

• Volker Kluge : The great lexicon of GDR athletes. The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes and biographies. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-348-9 .
• Short biography for:  Behrendt, Holger . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Neues Deutschland , 12./13. November 1988, p. 4

Web links

• GDR championships