Wolfgang Behrendt

Name: Wolfgang Behrendt
Nationality: German
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Born: 1936-06-14
Height: 5'4 / 1,63 m
Weight Class: Bantamweight

Amateur Highlights

Record: 188 Wins - 8 Losses - 5 Draws

• 1955 East German Bantamweight Champion, 3rd place (Flyweight) at European Championships in Berlin.
• 1956 Gold Medalist (Bantamweight) in a unified German team at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne. Results were:
  • Defeated Henrik Ottesen (Denmark) KO-2
  • Defeated Owen Reilly (Great Britain) PTS
  • Defeated Freddie Gilroy (Ireland) PTS
  • Defeated Song Sun-Cheon (South Korea) PTS
• 1957 East German Bantamweight Champion
• 1960 East German Featherweight Champion