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Wolfgang Behrendt

1936 - Today

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Wolfgang Behrendt (born 14 June 1936) was a bantamweight amateur boxer from East Germany, won the gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics for the United Team of Germany. He subsequently became the first Olympic champion for East Germany. He was born in Berlin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang Behrendt is the 139th most popular boxer (up from 167th in 2019), the 5,014th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,411th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Wolfgang Behrendt ranks 139 out of 496. Before him are Boris Lagutin, Alfredo Porzio, George Hunter, Henry Cooper, Antonio Roldán, and Antal Kocsis. After him are Anthony Joshua, Gerald Dreyer, Josef Němec, Cosimo Pinto, Corrie Sanders, and Frederick Grace.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Wolfgang Behrendt ranks 432. Before him are Johanna Lüttge, Lazarus Salii, James Lee Burke, Yoshihisa Yoshikawa, Paulo Emilio, and Viktor Kanevskyi. After him are Cynthia McLeod, George Voinovich, Richard Rodney Bennett, Sergo Kotrikadze, Rosa Russo Iervolino, and Eleonore Schwarz.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Behrendt ranks 5,017 out of 7,253. Before him are Joseph Rosemeyer (1872), Rüdiger Schnuphase (1954), Engelbert Kraus (1934), Wilhelm Leichum (1911), Jürgen Kurths (1953), and Johann Ludwig Krapf (1810). After him are Wilhelm Brinkmann (1910), Moon Ga-young (1996), Gustav Goßler (1879), Dieter Hecking (1964), Klaus Reichert (1947), and Paul Verhoeven (1901).

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Among BOXERS In Germany

Among boxers born in Germany, Wolfgang Behrendt ranks 4. Before him are Max Schmeling (1905), Edgar Basel (1930), and Herbert Runge (1913). After him are Manfred Wolke (1943), Henry Maske (1964), Sven Ottke (1967), Felix Sturm (1979), Sinan Şamil Sam (1974), Oktay Urkal (1970), Torsten May (1969), and Nadine Apetz (1986).

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