Marcus Gross
German canoeist
Marcus Gross
Nationality German Born (1989-09-28 ) 28 September 1989 (age 35) Görlitz , East Germany Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Weight 85 kg (187 lb) Country Germany Sport Sprint kayak Event(s) K-2 500 m, K-2 1000 m, K-4 1000 m Club Ruder-und Kanu-Verein 1928 Berlin
Marcus Gross (born 28 September 1989) is a German canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s.
He won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth . At the 2012 Summer Olympics , he competed in the Men's K-4 1000 metres , finishing in 4th place with the team in the final.[ 1] Gross teamed up with Max Rendschmidt to win the K-2 1000m at the 2013 World Championships and the 2013 European Championships .[ 2] They defended their European title in 2014 .[ 2] In June 2015, he competed in the inaugural European Games , for Germany 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 .[ 3] At the 2015 World Championships , Gross and Rendschmidt won the men's K-2 1000m.[ 4] Gross marked the occasion by proposing to his girlfriend.[ 4]
He represented his country also at the 2016 Summer Olympics 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 .[ 5] That year Gross and Hoff also won the European K2 1000 m event.[ 6] In 2017 , they retained the European title.[ 7]
Having missed out on the title at the 2017 World Championships , Gross and Hoff won the K2 1000 m at the 2018 World Championships .[ 8] At the 2018 European Championships , Gross and Hoff won a silver medal in the K2 1000 m.[ 9]
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1964 : Nikolai Chuzhikov , Anatoli Grishin , Vyacheslav Ionov , Vladimir Morozov (URS )
1968 : Steinar Amundsen , Tore Berger , Egil Søby , Jan Johansen (NOR )
1972 : Yuri Filatov , Yuri Stetsenko , Vladimir Morozov , Valeri Didenko (URS )
1976 : Sergei Chukhray , Aleksandr Degtyarev , Yuri Filatov , Vladimir Morozov (URS )
1980 : Rüdiger Helm , Bernd Olbricht , Harald Marg , Bernd Duvigneau (GDR )
1984 : Grant Bramwell , Ian Ferguson , Paul MacDonald , Alan Thompson (NZL )
1988 : Zsolt Gyulay , Ferenc Csipes , Sándor Hódosi , Attila Ábrahám (HUN )
1992 : Mario Von Appen , Oliver Kegel , Thomas Reineck , André Wohllebe (GER )
1996 : Thomas Reineck , Olaf Winter , Detlef Hofmann , Mark Zabel (GER )
2000 : Zoltán Kammerer , Botond Storcz , Ákos Vereckei , Gábor Horváth (HUN )
2004 : Zoltán Kammerer , Botond Storcz , Ákos Vereckei , Gábor Horváth (HUN )
2008 : Raman Piatrushenka , Aliaksei Abalmasau , Artur Litvinchuk , Vadzim Makhneu (BLR )
2012 : Tate Smith , Dave Smith , Murray Stewart , Jacob Clear (AUS )
2016 : Max Rendschmidt , Tom Liebscher , Max Hoff , Marcus Gross (GER )