Max Heß

Max Heß
Max Heß, 2015
Personal information
Born (1996-07-13) 13 July 1996
Chemnitz, Germany[1]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Country  Germany
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Triple jump
Club LAC Erdgas Chemnitz
Coached by Harry Marusch
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Outdoor: 17.20 m (2016)
  • Indoor: NR 17.52 m (2017)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Germany
World Indoor Championships
2016 PortlandTriple jump
European Championships
2016 AmsterdamTriple jump
European Indoor Championships
2017 BelgradeTriple jump

Max Heß (born 13 July 1996) is a German track and field athlete who competes in the triple jump. He is the 2016 European Champion.

Career

Born in 1996, Heß won a silver medal at the 2014 World Junior Championships. He won another silver medal at the 2016 World Indoor Championships. He won gold at the 2016 European Championships. In 2017, he competed in the European Indoor Championships and the European U23 Championships, winning bronze in both. At the former, he set a personal best and German record of 17.52 m.

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Germany
2013 World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 8th Triple jump 15.52 m
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 2nd Triple jump 16.55 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 11th (q) Long jump 7.71 m
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 2nd Triple jump 17.14 m
European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 1st Triple jump 17.20 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 15th (q) Triple jump 16.56 m
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 3rd Triple jump 17.12 m
European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 3rd Triple jump 16.68 m
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 11th Triple jump 16.47 m
European Championships Berlin, Germany 15th (q) Triple jump 16.32 m

Personal bests

Outdoor

  • Long jump – 7.57 (+0.5 m/s, Weinheim 2015)
  • Triple jump – 17.20 (Amsterdam 2016)

Indoor

  • Long jump – 8.03 (Chemnitz 2015)
  • Triple jump – 17.52 NR (Belgrade 2017)

References

  1. ↑ DLV profile

Max Heß at IAAF

Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Poland Konrad Bukowiecki		 Men's European Athletics Rising Star of the Year
2016		 Succeeded by
Norway Karsten Warholm


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