Maximilian Munski (born 10 January 1988) is a German former representative

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

. He is an Olympian, an Olympic silver medallist and was selected in German senior crews at

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and

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s between 2010 and 2016. He was in the crew that won the gold medal in the men's eight competition at the 2015 European Rowing Championships. At the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

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, he rowed in Germany's men's eight which won the silver medal. Those nine 2016 Olympic silver medal rowers were awarded the

Silbernes Lorbeerblatt Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (, ), the highest sports award in Germany, was endowed on 23 June 1950 by the German President Theodor Heuss. It is awarded to athletes and teams of exemplary character that have won medals at Olympic and Paralympic Games ...

(Silver Laurel Leaf), Germany's highest sports award, for their achievements.

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* 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Lübeck Rowers from Schleswig-Holstein German male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Germany Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing European Rowing Championships medalists Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-rowing-bio-stub