LEMKE Max

Germany
Canoe Sprint
2 Dec 1996
24
Male
1.85/6'0''

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
CSP Canoe Sprint Men's Kayak Four 500m
GER
Germany
 1 Gold Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Sea Forest Waterway
Men's Kayak Four 500m Heat 1
#102
Finished
Sea Forest Waterway
Men's Kayak Four 500m Semi-final 1
#117
Finished
Sea Forest Waterway
Men's Kayak Four 500m Final A
#125
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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World Championships
YearLocationK4 500m
2019Szeged, HUN1
2018Montemor-o-Velho, POR1
2017Racice, CZE1

European Games
YearLocationK4 500m
2019Minsk, BLR2

European Championships
YearLocationK1 200mK2 200mK4 500m
2021Poznan, POL--1
2018Belgrade, SRB12-2
2017Plovdiv, BUL-35

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017
YearK4 500m
20211 x 2nd
20192 x 1st
20182 x 1st
20173 x 1st

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017
RankYearEventCompetitionLocationResult
12019Kayak Four 500mWorld CupDuisburg, GER
12019Kayak Four 500mWorld CupPoznan, POL1:20.006
12018Kayak Four 500mWorld ChampionshipsMontemor-o-Velho, POR1:20.056
12018Kayak Four 500mWorld CupDuisburg, GER1:19.752
12017Kayak Four 500mWorld ChampionshipsRacice, CZE1:17.734
12017Kayak Four 500mWorld CupBelgrade, SRB1:19.812
12017Kayak Four 500mWorld CupSzeged, HUN1:18.748
22021Kayak Four 500mWorld CupSzeged, HUN1:22.80


Legend
C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified
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Meeting friends, travel, cross-country skiing, snowboarding, cycling. (team-tokio-mrn.de, 25 Aug 2019)
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Armed Forces Athlete, Businessperson
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English, German
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KC Potsdam [Germany]
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Arndt Hanisch [national], GER; Stefan Ulm [national], GER
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His father Andreas Lemke won a national championship in Greco-Roman wrestling in the 1980s in the German Democratic Republic, and coached the nation's wrestling team. (pnn.de, 09 Jul 2019; sportbuzzer.de, 22 Aug 2019; sport-komplett.de, 01 Jan 1990)
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Illness meant he missed the 2015 World Championships in Milan, Italy. (sport1.de, 20 Aug 2015)
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He began paddling at age 12. (pnn.de, 09 Jul 2019)
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A friend encouraged him to take up the sport. (pnn.de, 09 Jul 2019)
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To win gold in the K4 500m at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (rnf.de, 20 Apr 2018)
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German canoe sprinters Max Rendschmidt, Tom Liebscher, and Ronald Rauhe. (Instagram profile, 01 Jan 2017)
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His mother Silke. (Instagram profile, 01 Jan 2014)
:
"Make each day your masterpiece." [John Wooden] (Instagram profile, 11 Oct 2020)

General Interest

General
MOVING TO POTSDAM
He grew up in Mannheim, Germany and trained under coach Gerd Riffel. After Riffel passed away in 2016, he trained by himself for a while before deciding to move to Potsdam in 2019 to prepare for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "I took a sporting decision to move to Potsdam when it became clear that I needed a change to prepare for the 2020 Olympics. The setup that I have there now could not be better." (pnn.de, 09 Jul 2019)

COFFEE BUSINESS
He and fellow canoeist Felix Frank formed Cold Bean, a company that sells cold brew coffee. They first tasted cold brew coffee in Australia during a training camp and enjoyed it so much that they decided to start a business. "The coffee tastes much better and is much healthier for the stomach after it is brewed cold. Cold brew coffee is not as popular yet in Germany as it is in many other countries, but I expect it to take off in Germany as well." (sportschau.de, 04 Aug 2020; pnn.de, 09 Jul 2019; rnf.de, 20 Apr 2018)

Legend
:
Gold Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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