Holger Behrendt

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameHolger•Behrendt
Used nameHolger•Behrendt
Born29 January 1964 in Schönebeck (Elbe), Sachsen-Anhalt (GER)
Measurements161 cm / 60 kg
AffiliationsASK Vorwärts Potsdam, Potsdam (GER)
NOC East Germany
Medals OG
Gold 1
Silver 1
Bronze 1
Total 3

Biography

East German gymnast Holger Behrendt was a pupil of Bernd Jäger and perfected his “Jäger Salto”. He became a specialist on the horizontal bar, and was the first gymnast to perform a combination of the “Kovacs Salto” and the “Delchev Salto”. He won a medal of each color at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, winning only a bronze in his best event, the high bar, but winning gold on the rings, and a silver in the team all-around.

Behrendt also earned three bronze medals at the 1983, 1985 and 1987 World Championships. Domestically, he won eight national titles. Behrendt later became a gymnastics coach at Cottbus and Berlin.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1988 Summer Olympics Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) GDR Holger Behrendt
Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic) 19 r1/2
Team All-Around, Men (Olympic) East Germany 2 Silver
Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic) =68 r1/1
Horse Vault, Men (Olympic) 5
Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic) =6 r1/1
Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic) =3 Bronze
Rings, Men (Olympic) =1 Gold
Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic) =59 r1/1