Maximilian Levy (born 26 June 1987) is a German former
track cyclist
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.
History
Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it ...
.
Levy won a bronze medal in the men's team sprint representing Germany at the
2008 Olympic Games
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held in
Beijing
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China.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won another bronze in the men's team sprint, and a silver in the men's keirin.
He was the world champion in keirin 2009 and in the team sprint 2010, 2011, and 2013. Levy retired from competition after the conclusion of the
2021 UCI Track Champions League in December of that year.
Major results
;2004
:1st
World Junior Track Cycling championships (Kilo)
:1st
World Junior Track Cycling championships (Team sprint) with
Robert Förstemann
Robert Förstemann (born 5 March 1986) is a German track cyclist specialising in the sprint disciplines and world champion in team sprint in 2010. In his later career he has transitioned to Paralympic track cycling, representing Germany as a sig ...
&
Benjamin Wittmann
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;2005
:1st

National Championship (Kilo)
:1st

European Junior Track Championships (Kilo)
:1st

European Junior Track Championships (Individual sprint)
:1st
World Junior Track Cycling championships (Team sprint) with
René Enders
René Enders (born 13 February 1987) is a German track cyclist. He won two bronze Olympic medals with the German team in the team sprint: in 2008 and in 2012
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Benjamin Wittmann
Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thi ...
:1st
World Junior Track Cycling championships (Kilo)
:1st
World Junior Track Cycling championships (Individual sprint)
:1st UCI Track World Cup – Manchester (Keirin)
;2006
:1st

European U23 Track Championships (Team sprint)
René Enders
René Enders (born 13 February 1987) is a German track cyclist. He won two bronze Olympic medals with the German team in the team sprint: in 2008 and in 2012
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Michael Seidenbecher
:1st

European U23 Track Championships (Individual sprint)
;2008
:1st

National Championship (Keirin)
;2009
:1st
World Track Cycling championships
The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
(Keirin)
:1st Open NK wegsprint, (Enkhuizen)
:1st

National Championship (Keirin)
;2010
:1st
World Track Cycling championships
The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
(Team sprint) with
Robert Förstemann
Robert Förstemann (born 5 March 1986) is a German track cyclist specialising in the sprint disciplines and world champion in team sprint in 2010. In his later career he has transitioned to Paralympic track cycling, representing Germany as a sig ...
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Stefan Nimke
Stefan Nimke (born 1 March 1978 in Hagenow, Bezirk Schwerin) is an Olympic and world champion track cyclist from Germany.
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's 1 km time trial, and was part of the German men's team t ...
:1st

European Track Championships (Team sprint) with
Robert Förstemann
Robert Förstemann (born 5 March 1986) is a German track cyclist specialising in the sprint disciplines and world champion in team sprint in 2010. In his later career he has transitioned to Paralympic track cycling, representing Germany as a sig ...
&
Stefan Nimke
Stefan Nimke (born 1 March 1978 in Hagenow, Bezirk Schwerin) is an Olympic and world champion track cyclist from Germany.
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's 1 km time trial, and was part of the German men's team t ...
;2011
:1st Manchester International Keirin
:1st

National Championship (Keirin)
:1st

National Championship (Team sprint) with
Carsten Bergemann &
Robert Förstemann
Robert Förstemann (born 5 March 1986) is a German track cyclist specialising in the sprint disciplines and world champion in team sprint in 2010. In his later career he has transitioned to Paralympic track cycling, representing Germany as a sig ...
:1st Astana (Team sprint) with
Joachim Eilers
Joachim Eilers (born 2 April 1990) is a German professional racing cyclist. He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. At the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships he won gold in the 1 km time trial. He competed for Germany a ...
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Robert Förstemann
Robert Förstemann (born 5 March 1986) is a German track cyclist specialising in the sprint disciplines and world champion in team sprint in 2010. In his later career he has transitioned to Paralympic track cycling, representing Germany as a sig ...
:1st UCI Track World Cup – Cali (Team sprint) with
René Enders
René Enders (born 13 February 1987) is a German track cyclist. He won two bronze Olympic medals with the German team in the team sprint: in 2008 and in 2012
File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Co ...
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Stefan Nimke
Stefan Nimke (born 1 March 1978 in Hagenow, Bezirk Schwerin) is an Olympic and world champion track cyclist from Germany.
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's 1 km time trial, and was part of the German men's team t ...
:1st UCI Track World Cup – Cali (Keirin)
;2012
:1st UCI Track World Cup – London (Team sprint) with
René Enders
René Enders (born 13 February 1987) is a German track cyclist. He won two bronze Olympic medals with the German team in the team sprint: in 2008 and in 2012
File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Co ...
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Robert Förstemann
Robert Förstemann (born 5 March 1986) is a German track cyclist specialising in the sprint disciplines and world champion in team sprint in 2010. In his later career he has transitioned to Paralympic track cycling, representing Germany as a sig ...
:1st Cottbus (Keirin)
:1st Köln (Individual sprint)
:1st

National Championship (Team sprint)
Stefan Bötticher
Stefan Bötticher (born 1 February 1992) is a German track cyclist who competes in the sprint events. At the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships took place in Minsk, Belarus from 20 to 24 ...
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Max Niederlag
;2013
:1st
World Track Cycling championships
The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
(Team sprint)
Stefan Bötticher
Stefan Bötticher (born 1 February 1992) is a German track cyclist who competes in the sprint events. At the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships took place in Minsk, Belarus from 20 to 24 ...
&
René Enders
René Enders (born 13 February 1987) is a German track cyclist. He won two bronze Olympic medals with the German team in the team sprint: in 2008 and in 2012
File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Co ...
:1st Drei Bahnen Tournee (Individual sprint)
:1st

National Championship (Kilo)
:1st

National Championship (Keirin)
:1st

European Track Championships (Team sprint) with
René Enders
René Enders (born 13 February 1987) is a German track cyclist. He won two bronze Olympic medals with the German team in the team sprint: in 2008 and in 2012
File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Co ...
&
Robert Förstemann
Robert Förstemann (born 5 March 1986) is a German track cyclist specialising in the sprint disciplines and world champion in team sprint in 2010. In his later career he has transitioned to Paralympic track cycling, representing Germany as a sig ...
:1st

European Track Championships (Keirin)
;2014
:1st Wien, 1 km, Wien (Wien), Austria
:1st Anadia (Individual sprint)
:1st Anadia (Keirin)
;2015
:1st Cottbus (Individual sprint)
:1st Dudenhofen (Individual sprint)
:1st

National Championship (Individual sprint)
:1st

National Championship (Keirin)
;2016
:1st Sprinters Omnium, Six Day Amsterdam
:2nd Sprinters Omnium, Six Day London
;2017
:
UEC European Track Championships
The European Track Cycling Championships are a set of elite level competition events held annually for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling, exclusively for European cyclists, and regulated by the European Cycling Union (UEC ...
::1st Keirin
::2nd Team Sprint
:1st Sprinters Omnium, Six Day Berlin
:3rd Sprinters Omnium, Six Day London
References
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German male cyclists
Keirin cyclists
Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists of Germany
Olympic silver medalists for Germany
Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
1987 births
Living people
Cyclists from Berlin
Olympic medalists in cycling
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
German track cyclists
21st-century German people
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