Max Schöne (January 20, 1880 – January 16, 1961) was a

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who competed in the

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. He was born in

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. As a member of the German swimming team he won the gold medal at the Paris 1900 edition.

External links

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Max Schöne at databaseOlympics.com
1880 births 1961 deaths Swimmers from Berlin German male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Germany Swimmers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming Place of death missing {{Germany-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub