Max Hauke (born 29 August 1992) is a cross-country skier from

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

. He competed for Austria at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the cross-country skiing events. During the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019, he was apprehended during a raid by Austrian police and charged with doping offenses alongside his teammate Dominik Baldauf and three other athletes from

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and

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. Soon after, a video surfaced showing Hauke being caught red-handed by the Austrian police in the middle of a

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as part of the act of

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. The policeman, who leaked the video in the private group of an instant messaging app, subsequent to which the video spread on the Internet, was charged with malpractice. The unidentified officer may face up to three years in prison, if found guilty. In a lengthy interview to the Swedish newspaper ''

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'', Hauke thought this to be the first such depiction in sports. In July 2019, Hauke was handed a four-year ban by the Austrian Anti-Doping Commission (ÖADR).

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

World Cup standings

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