Jan Behrendt

Jan Behrendt (born 29 November 1967 in Ilmenau, Bezirk Suhl) is a former East 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.

Jan Behrendt

Medal record
Men's Luge
Representing  East Germany
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
	1992 Albertville	Men's doubles
	1998 Nagano	Men's doubles
	1988 Calgary	Men's doubles
	1994 Lillehammer	Men's doubles
World Championships
	1989 Winterberg	Men's doubles
	1991 Winterberg	Men's doubles
	1991 Winterberg	Mixed team
	1993 Calgary	Men's doubles
	1993 Calgary	Mixed team
	1995 Lillehammer	Men's doubles
	1995 Lillehammer	Mixed team
	1989 Winterberg	Mixed team
	1996 Altenberg	Mixed team
	1997 Igls	Men's doubles
	1997 Igls	Mixed team
World Cup Championships
	1993–94	Men's doubles
	1994–95	Men's doubles
	1995–96	Men's doubles
	1988–89	Men's doubles
	1990–91	Men's doubles
	1991–92	Men's doubles
	1992–93	Men's doubles
European Championships
	1996 Sigulda	Men's doubles
	1996 Sigulda	Mixed team
	1998 Oberhof	Men's doubles
	1998 Oberhof	Mixed team
	1990 Igls	Men's doubles
	1992 Winterberg	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.