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Max Lang
Max Lang

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Lumby, BC
High School:
Shawnigan Lake School
Height / Weight:
6-3 / 200

High School Sports: Rowing, Rugby, Squash.
Honors and Awards: Named Sportsman of the Year in high school ... Captured six National Championships in the eight and four ... Came in fifth in the men's four at the 2005 Junior World Championships in Brandenburg, Germany ... Rowed in the three seat with the gold-medal Canadian eight at the 2006 Under-23 World Rowing Championships in Hazewinkel, Belgium ... Won a silver medal in the men's four at the 2006 World Championships in Eton, England ... Honored with teammates Will Crothers and Rob Gibson with the Rowing Canada Aviron International Achievement Award in 2006 for their gold medal performance in the eight at the 2006 U23 World Championships ... Spent the 2007-08 season training with the Canadian Olympic Team. Rowed with UW teammates Will Crothers and Anthony Jacob at the 2009 Under-23 World Rowing Championships in Racice, Czech Republic, placing fourth ... Competed at the 2009 World Rowing Championships in the straight pair.
Major at Washington: Environmental Studies.

Husky Rowing Experience: 2009 (Junior) - Bow seat in the varsity eight ... Competed against Oxford ... Won Cal dual ... Bronze medalist at the Pac-10 Championships... Gold medalist at the IRA National Championships. 2008 (Junior) - Trained with the Canadian Olympic Team. 2008 (Junior) - Trained with the Canadian Olympic Team. 2007 (Sophomore) - Rowed in the top freshman eight all season ... Sat six seat in the freshman eight that won the Erickson Memorial Cascade Cup at the Windermere Cup ... Helped the crew to a silver medal at the Pac-10 Championships ... Stroked the freshman eight that won a bronze medal at the 2007 Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championship, helping the men's team to win the Ten Eyck overall points trophy. 2006 (Freshman) - Rowed with the freshman eight that won at the Windermere Cup ... Silver medalist at the Pac-10 Championships ... Won a gold medal at the IRA National Championships in the freshman eight.

Personal: Son of Heidi and Helmut Lang ... Both parents are in agriculture ... Has two sisters Eva-Lena (21) and Maylies (16) ... Born in Geneva, Switzerland before moving to Canada in 1990 ... Fluent in German ... Did not participate in any organized sports until the age of 14.

Go Huskies!