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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}{{MedalTableTop}}{{MedalSport|Men's Luge}}{{MedalCountry | {{GDR}} }}{{MedalCountry | {{GER}} }}{{MedalOlympic}}{{MedalGold|1992 Albertville|Men's doubles}}{{MedalGold|1998 Nagano|Men's doubles}}{{MedalSilver|1988 Calgary|Men's doubles}}{{MedalBronze|1994 Lillehammer|Men's doubles}}{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}{{MedalGold|1989 Winterberg|Men's doubles}}{{MedalGold|1991 Winterberg|Men's doubles}}{{MedalGold|1991 Winterberg|Mixed team}}{{MedalGold|1993 Calgary|Men's doubles}}{{MedalGold|1993 Calgary|Mixed team}}{{MedalGold|1995 Lillehammer|Men's doubles}}{{MedalGold|1995 Lillehammer|Mixed team}}{{MedalSilver|1989 Winterberg|Mixed team}}{{MedalSilver|1996 Altenberg|Mixed team}}{{MedalSilver|1997 Igls|Men's doubles}}{{MedalSilver|1997 Igls|Mixed team}}{{MedalCompetition | World Cup Championships }}{{MedalGold|1993–94|Men's doubles}}{{MedalGold|1994–95|Men's doubles}}{{MedalGold|1995–96|Men's doubles}}{{MedalSilver|1988–89|Men's doubles}}{{MedalSilver|1990–91|Men's doubles}}{{MedalBronze|1991–92|Men's doubles}}{{MedalBronze|1992–93|Men's doubles}}{{MedalCompetition | European Championships }}{{MedalGold|1996 Sigulda|Men's doubles}}{{MedalGold|1996 Sigulda|Mixed team}}{{MedalGold|1998 Oberhof|Men's doubles}}{{MedalGold|1998 Oberhof|Mixed team}}{{MedalBronze|1990 Igls|Men's doubles}}{{MedalBronze|1992 Winterberg|Men's doubles}}{{MedalBottom}}Jan Behrendt (born 29 November 1967 in Ilmenau, Bezirk Suhl) is an East German-German luger who competed from the mid-1980s to 1998. Together with Stefan Krauße he won two Olympic gold medals (1992, 1998), one silver medal (1988) and one bronze (1994) in men's doubles. In addition, they won eleven medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with seven golds (Men's doubles: 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995; Mixed team: 1991, 1993, 1995) and four silvers (Men's doubles: 1997, Mixed team: 1989, 1996, 1997). At the FIL European Luge Championships, they won a total of six medals with four golds (Men's doubles: 1996, 1998; Mixed team: 1996, 1998) and two bronzes (Men's doubles: 1990, 1992).[1] They won the overall Luge World Cup men's doubles title three times (1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96). Behrendt and Krausse retired after the 1998 Olympics. The same year they were proclaimed honorary citizens of Ilmenau. References1. ^{{cite web|title=List of European luge champions|url=http://www.eiskanal.com/eiskanal-kunstbahnrennrodeln-europameisterschaften.html|website=Eiskanal|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325014953/http://www.eiskanal.com/eiskanal-kunstbahnrennrodeln-europameisterschaften.html|archivedate=25 March 2008|accessdate=8 February 2015|deadurl=yes|language=de}}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208213405/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BEHREJAN01 |title=DatabaseOlympics.com information on Behrendt. |date=8 February 2007}}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221081843/http://www.fuzilogik.com/Sports-Library/Luge/Men-s-Luge-Olympic-Medals.html |title=Fuzilogik Sports – Winter Olympic results – Men's luge |date=21 February 2010}}
- {{webarchive |url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20020223004127/http://www.hickoksports.com/history/olluge.shtml |title=Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions luge and skeleton. |date=23 February 2002}}
- {{webarchive |url=https://archive.is/20121204165409/http://www.hickoksports.com/history/worldluge.shtml |title=Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton. |date=4 December 2012}}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206094147/http://sports123.com/lug/mwc-d.html |title=List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978. |date=6 February 2008}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions Luge Men's Doubles}}{{Footer World Champions Luge Men's Doubles}}{{Footer World Champions Luge Mixed Team}}{{Footer European Champions Luge Men's Doubles}}{{Footer European Champions Luge Mixed Team}}{{Footer World Cup Champions Luge Men's Doubles}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Behrendt, Jan}}{{Germany-luge-bio-stub}}{{Germany-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub}} 22 : 1967 births|Living people|People from Ilmenau|People from Bezirk Suhl|German male lugers|Sportspeople from Thuringia|Olympic lugers of East Germany|Olympic lugers of Germany|National People's Army military athletes|Lugers at the 1988 Winter Olympics|Lugers at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Lugers at the 1994 Winter Olympics|Lugers at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Olympic medalists in luge|Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics|Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics|Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Olympic gold medalists for East Germany|Olympic silver medalists for East Germany|Olympic bronze medalists for Germany|Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver |