Jakob Brendel (18 September 1907 – 2 February 1964) was a German

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and Olympic champion in

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Olympics

Brendel competed at the

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where he received a gold medal in

, the bantamweight class."1932 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Wrestling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on August 28, 2008)

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* 1907 births 1964 deaths Olympic wrestlers for Germany Wrestlers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1936 Summer Olympics German male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Speyer Martial artists from Rhineland-Palatinate 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-wrestling-bio-stub