Andreas Behm
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Born | Stralsund, Germany | 28 November 1962||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67.25 kg (148.3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | TSV 1860 Stralsund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Andreas Behm (born 28 November 1962) is a retired German weightlifter. He competed at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics in the lightweight category and finished in third and tenth place, respectively. Between 1981 and 1993 he won two gold, three silver and six bronze medals at European and world championships. On 7 July 1984, he set three world records, one in clean & jerk and two in the total.[1][2]
He competed until age 36[3] and then worked as a coach. His son Robby is also a weightlifter.[4]
References
- ^ Andreas Behm. sports-reference.com
- ^ Andreas Behm. chidlovski.net
- ^ Behm Andreas (MVP). iat.uni-leipzig.de
- ^ Titel soll zurück nach Chemnitz[permanent dead link]. chemnitzerac.de, 20 October 2011
Categories:
- 1962 births
- Living people
- German male weightlifters
- Olympic weightlifters of Germany
- Weightlifters at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- German weightlifting biography stubs