Marcus Becker (born 11 September 1981 in

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) is a German slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1996 to 2011. He won a silver medal in the C2 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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. Becker won six medals at the

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with a gold (C2:

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), four silvers (C2: 2006, C2 team: 2003, 2006,

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), and a bronze (C2: 2005). He also won a gold and two silvers in the C2 team event at the

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. His partner in the C2 boat throughout his career was

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World Cup individual podiums

¹ World Championship counting for World Cup points

References

12 September 2009 final results for the men's C2 team slalom event for the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.
- accessed 12 September 2009.

* 1981 births Living people People from Merseburg People from Bezirk Halle German male canoeists Sportspeople from Saxony-Anhalt Olympic canoeists for Germany Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships {{Germany-canoe-Olympic-medalist-stub