RENDSCHMIDT Max

Date of Birth: 12 Dec 1993

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.86/6'1''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

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

Schedule

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

Olympic Games

Year	Location	K2 1000m	K4 1000m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1	1

World Championships

Year	Location	K1 1000m	K2 500m	K2 1000m	K4 500m
2019	Szeged, HUN	-	-	-	1
2018	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	2	-	-	1
2017	Racice, CZE	-	-	-	1
2015	Milan, ITA	-	-	1	-
2014	Moscow, RUS	-	4	4	-
2013	Duisburg, GER	-	4	1	-

European Games

Year	Location	K4 500m
2019	Minsk, BLR	2

European Championships

Year	Location	K1 1000m	K4 500m
2021	Poznan, POL	-	1
2018	Belgrade, SRB	3	2

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	K1 1000m	K4 500m
2021	-	1 x 2nd
2019	-	2 x 1st
2018	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd	2 x 1st
2017	1 x 19th, 1 x 21st	3 x 1st

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2019	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER
1	2019	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Poznan, POL	1:20.006
1	2018	Kayak Single 1000m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	3:26.559
1	2018	Kayak Four 500m	World Championships	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	1:20.056
1	2018	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	1:19.752
1	2017	Kayak Four 500m	World Championships	Racice, CZE	1:17.734
1	2017	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Belgrade, SRB	1:19.812
1	2017	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:18.748
2	2021	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:22.80
2	2018	Kayak Single 1000m	World Championships	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	3:28.391

Legend
C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Sports, cycling, running. (rheinexklusiv.de, 25 Mar 2020)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, German

Kanusport-Gemeinschaft Essen [KGE] [Germany]

Robert Berger [club], GER; Arndt Hanisch [national], GER

Sporting relatives:

His mother Ruth Domgorgen represented the Federal Republic of Germany in canoe sprint at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. His younger brother Kai has competed in the sport at national level in Germany. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 Feb 2020; bonn.de, 30 Oct 2015; general-anzeiger-bonn.de, 13 Apr 2015)

He first tried whitewater racing in 1999 and started canoe sprint at about age nine. He competed in both until 2007, when he moved to a sports boarding school and started concentrating on canoe sprint. (maxrendschmidt.de, 01 Sep 2018; welt.de, 21 Jan 2017; Facebook page, 31 May 2016)

"I've always paddled. I also played handball in primary school. But since I am not the most talented in ball sports and my parents were active in canoeing, I decided to paddle." (maxrendschmidt.de, 01 Sep 2018)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (WDR lokalzeit aus Bonn Facebook page, 26 Oct 2019)

Winning two gold medals at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (rheinexklusiv.de, 25 Mar 2020)

German canoe sprinter Max Hoff. (kanu.de, 01 Mar 2016)

His parents. (general-anzeiger-bonn.de, 11 Oct 2013)

In 2016 and 2017 he won the Felix award as Sportsman of the Year in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. (nrw-sportlerdesjahres.de, 13 Dec 2019)

In 2016 he was presented with the Silberne Lorbeerblatt [Silver Laurel Leaf] in recognition of his Olympic gold medals. (bundespraesident.de, 01 Nov 2016)

He was named the 2015 Sportsman of the Year in Bonn, Germany. (general-anzeiger-bonn.de, 16 Oct 2015)

General Interest

General
POLICING CAREER
At age 13 he left the family home to move to a sports boarding school in Essen, Germany. In high school he found it difficult to balance his studies and sport, and left before finishing his final exams. He enrolled in the police force as part of a special programme for elite athletes. "I wanted to do my final exams, but the schedule could not be juggled so well with my training. So I looked around for alternatives and got the tip to apply to the federal police, as they offer a training programme for top athletes. It was ideal for me. I was able to concentrate on paddling and still prepare for a future after my sports career. I am now a trained law enforcement officer, but I am free from police work to focus on sport." (rheinexklusiv.de, 25 Mar 2020; top-magazin.de, 11 Jun 2018)

Social Media

Legend

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

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