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Jutta Behrendt
East German rower (born 1960)
Jutta Behrendt (née Hampe; 15 November 1960 in Berlin) is a German competition rower, world champion and Olympic champion.
Hampe competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo and received a gold medal in single sculls at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[1][2] In October 1986, she was awarded a Star of People's Friendship in gold (second class) for her sporting success.[3]
In the 1987 season, Hampe was displaced from the single scull by Martina Schröter who had returned after a break. Hampe joined the quad scull team, herself having replaced Kerstin Hinze.[4] 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.[5]