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Jakob Brendel
Jakob Brendel
Medal record
Representing   Nazi Germany
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1932 Los Angeles Bantamweight
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Berlin Bantamweight

Jakob Brendel (18 September 1907 – 2 February 1964) was a German wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling. He was born in Speyer.

Olympics

Brendel competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles where he received a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the bantamweight class. [1]

References

  1. ^ "1932 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Wrestling" Archived 2008-06-12 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on August 28, 2008)

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