Painted Jakschik

Malte Jakschik (2017)

Malte Jakschik (born August 3, 1993 in Bonn ) is a German rower .

The 1.94 m tall Jakschik began rowing in 2005 and started for the Rauxel rowing club . In 2010 he won the silver medal with the eighth at the Junior World Championships , followed by the title in the four without a helmsman at the 2011 Junior World Championships . In 2013 Jakschik won his first international medal in the adult class when he won bronze at the European Championships with the uncontrolled foursome . In 2014 he switched to Germany eighth , with which he rowed gold at the European Championships and silver behind the British eighth at the World Championships . Jakschik also started in eighth in 2015 , at the European Championships in 2015 the German eighth won ahead of the British. At the 2015 World Championships, as in the previous two years, the British won ahead of the Germans. At the start of the 2016 Olympic season, the Germany eighth managed a victory at the European Championships , in front of a home crowd in Brandenburg an der Havel, the German boat won ahead of the Russians and the British. In the final of the 2016 Olympic Games , the finish line was like at the World Championships 2013 to 2015, behind the British, the rowers of the Germany eight received the silver medal.

In May 2017, the Germany eight with Jakschik won the gold medal at the European Championships . After victories in the World Cup in Poznan and Lucerne, the boat remained unbeaten at the end of the season and won the title at the World Championships in Sarasota . In 2018, the Germany eight won all three regattas in the World Cup with the same line-up as in 2017. At the European Championships in Glasgow , the eighth won ahead of the Dutch and the Romanians. A month and a half later, the eighth also won the title at the World Championships in Plovdiv, ahead of the Australians and the British. At the beginning of the 2019 season, the Germany eight won the 2019 European Championships in Lucerne, ahead of the British and the Dutch. At the world championships, the Germans won ahead of the Dutch and the British.

Malte Jakschik and the team of eight were awarded the silver laurel leaf by Federal President Gauck on November 1, 2016 for their Olympic medal .

Web links

Commons : Malte Jakschik  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Portrait at the Germany eight
• Malte Jakschik at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
• Malte Jakschik in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Awarding of the silver bay leaf. In: www.bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President , November 1, 2016, accessed December 30, 2016 .