Max Maeder

Maximilian Maeder
Maeder in 2024
Personal information
Born (2006-09-12) 12 September 2006
Singapore
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight91 kg (201 lb)
Sport
CountrySingapore
Rank1 (3 September 2024)
Event
Men's Kite
Coached byJohn Dolenc
Medal record
Men's Formula Kite
Representing  Singapore
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games - 1
World Championships 2 1
Asian Games 1 -
European Championships 2 - -
Asian Championships 4 1 -
SEA Games 1 - -
Youth Sailing World Championships 3 - -
Youth World Championships 4 - -
KiteFoil World Series 5 1 -
Total 22 3 1
Olympic Games
2024 Paris Formula Kite
World Championships
2024 Hyères Formula Kite
2023 The Hague Formula Kite
2022 Cagliari Formula Kite
Asian Games
2022 Hangzhou Formula Kite
European Championships
2022 Nafpaktos Open
2021 Montpellier Open
Asian Championships
2024 Daishan Open
2023 Shenzhen Open
2022 Pattaya Open
2019 Beihai Asian
2018 Zhuhai Asian
Pan American Championships
2022 São Luís Open
SEA Games
2025 Thailand Formula Kite
Youth Sailing World Championships
2023 Búzois Formula Kite
2022 The Hague Formula Kite
2021 Mussanah Formula Kite
IKA Youth World Championships
2023 Hang Loose U21 & U19
2022 Torregrande U21
2021 Hang Loose U19
2019 Pascucci U19
KiteFoil World Series
2024 Traunsee Formula Kite
2023 Zhuhai Formula Kite
2023 Cagliari Formula Kite
2023 Traunsee Formula Kite
2022 Traunsee Formula Kite
2021 Fuerteventura Formula Kite

Maximilian Maeder OLY (born 12 September 2006) is a Singaporean Formula Kite professional athlete. He is the reigning Formula Kite World, Asiad, Asian and European champion. He holds the distinction of being the youngest winner in any Olympic sailing class competition, achieving this at the age of 16.

Maeder competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the inaugural Men's Formula Kite event, where he reached the finals and won the bronze medal, becoming the country's second native-born Olympic medalist. Maeder is also a three-time youth world sailing champion in consecutive years from 2021 to 2023 and won various open championships across Europe, Asia and Pan America. Since the 2021 European Championships, he has consistently secured podium finishes in every competition he has entered.