Max Hartung
German fencer and athlete-activist
马克斯·哈通 · 막스 하어퉁
- Born
- 8 October 1989, Aachen
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Sport
- fencing
- Occupation
- fencer
- Height
- 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
- Weight
- 88 kg (194 lb)
Maximilian Hartung (born 8 October 1989) is a German right-handed sabre fencer, two-time team European champion, two-time individual European champion, 2014 team world champion, and two-time Olympian.
Hartung is chairman of the Athletes Commission of the German Olympic Sports Confederation and the founding president of Athleten Deutschland e.V. He was a member of the Sporthilfe supervisory board for four years, four years in the board of the German Fencing Federation and two years in the board of the German Olympic Committee as the voice of the athletes. He completed his studies in politics, sociology and economics at the Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen and the Universiteit Gent.
Competitions
| Competition | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|
| fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's sabre | 2012 | 7th place |
| fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's team sabre | 2012 | 5th place |
| fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – men's sabre | 2016 | 10th place |
| fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – men's individual sabre | 2021 | 10th place |
| fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – men's team sabre | 2021 | 4th place |
Awards and honours
- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q70914 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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