HOFF Max

General
POSTPONEMENT UPHEAVAL
The postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo meant he missed out on a new job. He had intended to retire after Tokyo 2020, but he decided to put that off for a year after the Games were postponed until 2021. "I had a job offer from a nutritional supplement company. For the last year-and-a-half, I worked there as a kind of trainee in various departments and had the opportunity to learn a lot. I got a taste of different projects, whenever I was not involved in competitive sports. It was ideal. And then came the virus and with it the postponement of the Olympic Games. The plan I had made didn't work out anymore because one thing was clear, my future employer wouldn't be able to wait 12 months for me. The position would have to be filled tomorrow rather than the day after tomorrow. So should I end my competitive sports career of over 20 years overnight? Next year will show who has handled the situation best, who has continued solidly and professionally. Only they will be successful, crying out doesn't help." (kanu.de, 13 Jul 2020)

K2 PARTNER
He races with Jacob Schopf in the K2 boat, which German officials have nicknamed the 'Generation Boat' because Schopf is 17 years younger than Hoff. Hoff appreciates Schopf's youthful energy. "I am someone who thinks a lot. It can help me to have someone with me who doesn't do that so often, and cracks a few jokes." (tagesspiegel.de, 02 Aug 2019)

FURTHER EDUCATION
In 2011 he began a postgraduate degree in business administration at the AKAD College in Leipzig, Germany. (maxhoff.de, 12 Apr 2016)