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Max Brown (canoeist)

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Max Brown(born 1995) is a New Zealandcanoeist.

Originally fromWhanganui,Brown is studying a Masters of Business Management atWaikato University.He is an accomplished musician and between training sessions teaches music to school students in Cambridge.[1]

In 2013 he made his international debut at the Sydney Youth Olympic Festival before competing at the World Junior Championships in Canada in the K4 1000m – missing a place in the A Final by just one spot.[2]

Brown paddling alongsideKurtis Imriefinished eighth in the A Final of the K2 1000m at the World Cup in Poznan in 2021. Coached byTim Brabants,Kurtis and Max also qualified a New Zealand K2 1000m boat at the 2020 Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships in Sydney. Imrie finished runner up to Brown in the NZCT New Zealand Canoe Sprint Championships atLake Karapiroin May 2021 in the K1 1000m. The pair will continue to team up and have been selected to represent New Zealand at the delayed2020 Summer Gamesin Tokyo in the K2 1000m.[3]

References

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  1. ^"Max Brown".New Zealand Olympic Team.9 February 2016.Retrieved2 July2021.
  2. ^"Max Brown | CRNZ | Sprint, Surf Ski & Marathon".CRNZ.Retrieved2 July2021.
  3. ^"Tokyo-bound paddlers Max Brown and Kurtis Imrie battle each other before teaming up to win gold".Stuff.14 May 2021.Retrieved2 July2021.