Max Rendschmidt (born 12 December 1993) is a German Olympic canoeist. He represented his country at the

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and won two gold medals, in K-2 1000 metres and K-4 1000 m events.

Career

He is a five-time

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and seven-time European champion. On 1 November 2016, Rendschmidt received the

Silver Laurel Leaf Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Laurel Leaf), the highest sports award in Germany, was endowed on 23 June 1950 by the German President Theodor Heuss. It is awarded to athletes and teams of exemplary character that have won medals at Olympic and ...

, the highest award for an athlete in Germany, from the German Federal President

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. He works for the

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. He is very good at rowing

References

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Official Website
* * 1993 births Living people German male canoeists Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists of 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 {{Germany-canoe-bio-stub