Jutta Behrendt ( Hampe; 15 November 1960 in

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) is a German competition

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, world champion and Olympic champion. Hampe competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin /

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and received a gold medal in single sculls at the

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."1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Rowing"
''DatabaseOlympics.com''. Retrieved on 13 June 2008. In October 1986, she was awarded a

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in gold (second class) for her sporting success. In the 1987 season, Hampe was displaced from the single scull by

Martina Schröter Martina Schröter (born 16 November 1960) is a German rower, who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. She won the medals at the international rowing competitions. In October 1986, she was awarded a Patriotic Ord ...

who had returned after a break. Hampe joined the quad scull team, herself having replaced

Kerstin Hinze Kerstin Hinze is a German rower, who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo The Sportvereinigung Dynamo () (''Dynamo Sports Association'') was the sport association of the security agencies (Volkspolizei, Min ...

. She competed under her maiden name until the end of the 1987 rowing season and had married by mid-October 1987. Her husband, Dirk Behrendt, is a rowing trainer.

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* 1960 births Living people People from East Berlin Rowers from Berlin East German female rowers Olympic rowers of Germany Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing World Rowing Championships medalists for East Germany Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold {{Germany-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub