Marcus Becker

Marcus Becker

Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
	2004 Athens	C2
World Championships
	2003 Augsburg	C2
	2003 Augsburg	C2 team
	2006 Prague	C2
	2006 Prague	C2 team
	2009 La Seu d'Urgell	C2 team
	2005 Penrith	C2
European Championships
	2008 Kraków	C2 team
	2005 Tacen	C2 team
	2011 La Seu d'Urgell	C2 team
Junior World Championships
	1998 Lofer	C2
Junior European Championships
	1999 Solkan	C2

Marcus Becker (born 11 September 1981 in Merseburg) is a German slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1996 to 2011. He won a silver medal in the C2 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.^[1]

Becker won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (C2: 2003), four silvers (C2: 2006, C2 team: 2003, 2006, 2009), and a bronze (C2: 2005). He also won a gold and two silvers in the C2 team event at the European Championships.^[2]

His partner in the C2 boat throughout his career was Stefan Henze.

World Cup individual podiums

				Total
C2	3	3	4	10

Season	Date	Venue	Position	Event
2001	28 July 2001	Augsburg	3rd	C2
2003	3 August 2003	Bratislava	2nd	C2
2004	30 May 2004	Merano	2nd	C2
2005	16 July 2005	Augsburg	1st	C2
	2 October 2005	Penrith	3rd	C2^1
2006	3 June 2006	Augsburg	1st	C2
	5 August 2006	Prague	2nd	C2^1
2009	5 July 2009	Bratislava	3rd	C2
	11 July 2009	Augsburg	1st	C2
2010	27 June 2010	La Seu d'Urgell	3rd	C2

¹ World Championship counting for World Cup points

References

1. "Marcus Becker". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
2. "Marcus BECKER (GER)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 7 October 2017.

• 12 September 2009 final results for the men's C2 team slalom event for the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. - accessed 12 September 2009.
• DatabaseOlympics.com profile
• "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2019-04-24.