Maximilien Van Haaster | |
Residence: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Birth Date: | 1992 6, mf=yes[1] |
Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Height: | 185cm (73inches) |
Weight: | 88kg (194lb) |
Country: | Canada |
Weapon: | foil |
Hand: | right-handed |
Fieranking: | current ranking |
Maximilien Van Haaster (born June 19, 1992) is a male foil fencer from Canada. He won the bronze medal at the 2013 Pan American Fencing Championships in Cartagena, and later competed at the 2015 Pan American Games, in Toronto, Ontario.[2]
Van Haaster qualified to represent his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, by being ranked in the top two in the Americas.[3] At the games, Van Haaster finished in 31st place. Van Haaster competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's individual and team events.[4] Van Haaster has qualified to compete in the men's individual and team events at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[5] [6]
Van Haaster was born in Canada to a Dutch father and Chinese mother.[7]