SINGAPORE: Maximilian Maeder, who gave the country a gift on National Day this year in the form of a bronze medal from the Paris Olympics for the Men’s Formula Kite event, has won another gold.
Maeder, who turned 18 last month, is Singapore’s youngest Olympic medallist to date. Since that historic win, he has only gone from strength to strength.Maeder won eight of the 13 races at the Formula Kite Youth European Championships in Sardinia on Sunday .He started off strong on the first day of the event, Oct 9 , winning all four of the races he participated in. According to Singapore Sailing, he dominated the event.
Maeder, the oldest of three brothers, started kiteboarding at the age of six and took up kitefoiling when he was just 10 years old.His mother, Hwee Keng, 52, is Singaporean, while his father, Valentin, 60, is from Switzerland. They both work at Wakatobi Dive Resort on the island of Sulawesi, which is part of Indonesia. The two helped build the resort.
But Max is not the only champion in the country, as Karl appears to have won the U17 2024 Formula Kite Youth European Championship on Sunday.
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