Jakob Brendel (18 September 1907 in Speyer - 13 February 1964) was a German wrestler and Olympic champion in

Greco-Roman wrestling Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling (Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mod ...

Olympics

Brendel competed at the

1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held duri ...

in Los Angeles 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 of 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 People from Speyer Sportspeople from Rhineland-Palatinate {{Germany-wrestling-bio-stub