Matthias Ebhardt

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World Champion in Canoe Marathon in Singapore 2011
Ebhardt on the way to the 2010 World Cup bronze medal
German champion over 5000 meters in Munich 2011
German champion in the C8 over 500 meters in Hamburg 2007

Matthias Ebhardt (* 1981 in Wuppertal ) is a German canoeist . In 2011 he became world champion in the single canoe marathon .

He was born in 1981 in Wuppertal, the son of Michael Ebhardt, also a canoeist ( KSG Wuppertal ). Ebhardt is part of the racing team of the Canoe Club Wiking Bochum and specializes in the canoe marathon discipline. He starts nationally on the race distances of 200 m, 500 m, 1000 m and 5000 m both in the single canoe (C1) and in the team boats with two, four and eight canoes (C2, C4, C8).

Matthias Ebhardt is the internationally most successful German canoe rider in the canoe marathon and has won numerous titles and medals at championships. Matthias Ebhardt celebrated his greatest success at the Canoe Marathon World Championships 2011 in Singapore. There he was able to leave the entire world elite, including the reigning Olympic champion and world champion Atilla Vajda from Hungary, behind and win the title in the single canoe.

Successes (excerpt)

  • World champion in C1 in the canoe marathon in Singapore
  • German champion in C1 over 5000 meters at the DM in Munich 2011
  • German vice-champion in C1 over 500 meters at the DM in Cologne 2010
  • German champion in C1 in the canoe marathon 2010, 2011
  • 4 × German champion in the C8 over 500 meters from 2005 to 2008
  • Vice European champion in C1 in the canoe marathon 2011 in St. Jean de Losne / France
  • Vice European champion in C1 in the canoe marathon 2009 in Ostróda / Poland
  • Winner of the World Cups in C1 in the canoe marathon 2010 in Tyn nad Vlatavou / Czech Republic and in Brandenburg / Germany
  • WM bronze medal winner in C1 in the canoe marathon in Banyoles / Spain 2010

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personal data
SURNAME Ebhardt, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German canoeists
DATE OF BIRTH 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Wuppertal