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{{short description|German decathlete}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name         = Pascal Behrenbruch
| image        = Pascal Behrenbruch Helsinki 2012.jpg
| image_size   = 220
| caption      = Behrenbruch after winning at the [[2012 European Athletics Championships|2012 European Championships]].
| fullname     = Pascal Behrenbruch
| nationality  = [[Germany|German]]
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1985|01|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place  = [[Offenbach am Main]], [[West Germany]]
| height       = 1.96 m
| weight       = 210lbs
| website      = [http://www.pascal-behrenbruch.de/ pascal-behrenbruch.de]
| country      = {{flag|Germany}}
| sport        = [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]
| event        = [[Decathlon]]
| worlds       = [[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon|6th]] at the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics]]
| regionals    =
| pb           = '''100 m''': 10.84<br>
'''400 m''': 48.48<br>
'''1500 m''': 4:24.16<br>
'''110 m hurdles''': 14.02<br>
'''High jump''': 2.03<br>
'''Long jump''': 7.21<br>
'''Shot put''': 16.89<br>
'''Discus''': 51.31<br>
'''Javelin''': 71.40<br>
'''Pole vault''': 5.00<br>
'''Decathlon''': 8558
}}
[[File:Pascal Behrenbruch.jpg|thumb|Behrenbruch competing at the 2011 [[Götzis Meeting]].]]

'''Pascal Behrenbruch''' (born 19 January 1985 in [[Offenbach am Main]]) is a German [[Decathlon|decathlete]]. He is a member of the [[Eintracht Frankfurt]] athletics team and placed tenth at the [[2012 Olympic Games]].

He was the runner-up at the [[Décastar]] meeting in [[Talence]] in September 2010, collecting a season's best 8202 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/WCE10/news/newsid=58357.html|title=Suarez and Chernova prevail in Talence - IAAF World Combined Events Challenge|first=Hans|last=van Kuijen|work=[[International Association of Athletics Federations|IAAF]]|date=19 September 2010|accessdate=27 June 2012|language=German}}</ref>

Away from the track, Behrenbruch studied economics and computer science at university and now lives and trains in [[Tallinn]], Estonia. His coach is [[Andrei Nazarov (athlete)|Andrei Nazarov]].

== Achievements ==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{flag|Germany}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| [[Hypo-Meeting]]
| [[Götzis]], Austria
| 10th
| Decathlon
| [[2006 Hypo-Meeting|8069]]
|-
| [[2006 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
| [[Gothenburg]], Sweden
| 5th
| Decathlon
| [[2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon|8209]], SB
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| [[Hypo-Meeting]]
| [[Götzis]], Austria
| 9th
| Decathlon
| [[2007 Hypo-Meeting|8199]]
|-
| [[2007 European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]
| [[Debrecen]], Hungary
| style="background:silver" | 2nd
| Decathlon
|[[2007 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's decathlon|8239 pts]], SB
|-
| 2008
| [[Hypo-Meeting]]
| [[Götzis]], Austria
| 6th
| Decathlon
| [[2008 Hypo-Meeting|8242]], SB
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2009
| [[Hypo-Meeting]]
| [[Götzis]], Austria
| style="background:#cc9966" | 3rd
| Decathlon
| [[2009 Hypo-Meeting|8374]]
|-
| [[2009 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Berlin]], Germany
| 6th
| Decathlon
| [[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon|8439]], PB
|-
| 2010
| [[Hypo-Meeting]]
| [[Götzis]], Austria
| 8th
| Decathlon
| [[2010 Hypo-Meeting|8069]]
|-
| 2011
| [[2011 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Daegu]], South Korea
| 7th
| Decathlon
| [[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon|8211]]
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2012
| [[Hypo-Meeting]]
| [[Götzis]], Austria
| style="background:#cc9966" | 3rd
| Decathlon
| [[2011 Hypo-Meeting|8433]]
|-
| [[2012 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
| [[Helsinki]], Finland
| style="background:gold" |1st
| Decathlon
| [[2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon|8558]], PB
|-
| [[2012 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
| [[London]], United Kingdom
| 10th
| Decathlon
| [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon|8126]]
|-
| 2013
| [[2013 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Moscow]], Russia
| 11th
| Decathlon
| [[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon|8316]]
|-
| 2014
| [[2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
| [[Sopot]], Poland
| 8th
| Heptathlon
| [[2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon|4983]]
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Pascal Behrenbruch}}
* {{Official website|http://www.pascal-behrenbruch.de/}} {{in lang|de}}
* {{World Athletics||Pascal Behrenbruch}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|pascal-behrenbruch}}
* {{DOSB profile|pascal-behrenbruch}}
* {{SR/Olympics profile|be/pascal-behrenbruch-1}}

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[[Category:1985 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Offenbach am Main]]
[[Category:Athletes from Darmstadt (region)]]
[[Category:German decathletes]]
[[Category:Eintracht Frankfurt athletes]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Germany]]
[[Category:European Athletics Championships medalists]]


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