| Max Rendschmidt | |
| Nationality: | German |
| Birth Date: | 12 December 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Bonn, Germany |
| Height: | 1.86 m |
| Weight: | 90 kg |
| Country: | Germany |
| Sport: | Sprint kayak |
| Club: | Kanusport-Gemeinschaft Essen |
| Event: | K-1 1000 m, K-2 500 m, K-2 1000 m, K-4 500 m, K-4 1000 m |
| Show-Medals: | no |
Max Rendschmidt (born 12 December 1993)[1] is a German Olympic canoeist. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and won two gold medals, in K-2 1000 metres and K-4 1000 m events. He also won gold in the K-4 500 metres at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.
He is a five-time world champion and seven-time European champion. On 1 November 2016, Rendschmidt received the Silver Laurel Leaf, the highest award for an athlete in Germany, from the German Federal President Joachim Gauck in Berlin. He works for the German Federal Police.[2]