Max Rendschmidt
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Nationality | German | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bonn, Germany | 12 December 1993|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Sprint kayak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | K-1 1000 m, K-2 500 m, K-2 1000 m, K-4 500 m, K-4 1000 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Kanusport-Gemeinschaft Essen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Max Rendschmidt (born 12 December 1993)[1] is a German Olympic canoeist. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and won two gold medals, in K-2 1000 metres and K-4 1000 m events. He also won gold in the K-4 500 metres at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career
[edit]He is a five-time world champion and seven-time European champion. On 1 November 2016, Rendschmidt received the Silver Laurel Leaf, the highest award for an athlete in Germany, from the German Federal President Joachim Gauck in Berlin. He works for the German Federal Police.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Max Rendschmidt". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ "www.bundespraesident.de: Der Bundespräsident / Reisen und Termine / Verleihung des Silbernen Lorbeerblattes". www.bundespraesident.de (in German). Retrieved 10 August 2018. He is very good at rowing
External links
[edit]Media related to Max Rendschmidt at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Max Rendschmidt at the International Canoe Federation
- Max Rendschmidt at Olympedia
- Max Rendschmidt at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German)
Categories:
- 1993 births
- Living people
- German male canoeists
- Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic canoeists for Germany
- Olympic gold medalists for Germany
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
- Sportspeople from Bonn
- European Games medalists in canoeing
- European Games silver medalists for Germany
- Canoeists at the 2015 European Games
- Canoeists at the 2019 European Games
- Canoeists at the 2023 European Games
- Canoeists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- German canoeist stubs