Holger Behrendt

{{short description|German gymnast and Olympic champion|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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Holger Behrendt (born 29 January 1964 in Schönebeck, Bezirk Magdeburg) is a German gymnast and Olympic champion.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/holger-behrendt-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205101519/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/holger-behrendt-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 December 2008 |access-date=30 June 2012 }}

Olympics

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.[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=22&sp=GYM "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Gymnastics"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531095220/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=22&sp=GYM |date=31 May 2008 }} databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 5 April 2008)

World championships

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.