Marcus Gross (born 28 September 1989) is a German

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who has competed since the late 2000s. He won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at the

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. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, he competed in the Men's K-4 1000 metres, finishing in 4th place with the team in the final. Gross teamed up with

Max Rendschmidt Max Rendschmidt (born 12 December 1993) 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. Career He is a five-time world c ...

to win the K-2 1000m at the 2013 World Championships and the 2013 European Championships. They defended their European title in

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. In June 2015, he competed in the inaugural European Games, for

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in canoe sprint, more specifically, Men's K-2 1000m with Max Rendschmidt. He earned a silver medal. The team also won the K2 500 m at the 2015 European Championships. At the 2015 World Championships, Gross and Rendschmidt won the men's K-2 1000m. Gross marked the occasion by proposing to his girlfriend. He represented his country also at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

and won two gold medals, in K-2 1000 metres and K-4 1000 m events. In the K-2 1000 metres he competed with Max Rendschmidt, while the K-4 team consisted of Gross, Rendschmidt, Tom Liebscher and Max Hoff. That year Gross and Hoff also won the European K2 1000 m event. In

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, they retained the European title. Having missed out on the title at the 2017 World Championships, Gross and Hoff won the K2 1000 m at the 2018 World Championships. At the

2018 European Championships The 2018 European Championships were the first edition of the European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (with Edinburgh hosting the diving events and Gleneagles ...

, Gross and Hoff won a silver medal in the K2 1000 m.

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* * * 1989 births German male canoeists Living people ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Olympic canoeists for Germany Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Games medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 2015 European Games European Games silver medalists for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Görlitz {{Germany-canoe-bio-stub