Marcus Becker (born 11 September 1981 in Merseburg) is a German slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1996 to 2011. He won a silver medal in the C2 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Becker won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (C2: 2003), four silvers (C2: 2006, C2 team: 2003, 2006, 2009), and a bronze (C2: 2005). He also won a gold and two silvers in the C2 team event at the European Championships.
His partner in the C2 boat throughout his career was Stefan Henze.
World Cup individual podiums Total C2 3 3 4 10
SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 2001 28 July 2001 Augsburg 3rd C2 2003 3 August 2003 Bratislava 2nd C2 2004 30 May 2004 Merano 2nd C2 2005 16 July 2005 Augsburg 1st C2 2 October 2005 Penrith 3rd C21 2006 3 June 2006 Augsburg 1st C2 5 August 2006 Prague 2nd C21 2009 5 July 2009 Bratislava 3rd C2 11 July 2009 Augsburg 1st C2 2010 27 June 2010 La Seu d'Urgell 3rd C2
1 World Championship counting for World Cup points
References
12 September 2009 final results for the men's C2 team slalom event for the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. - accessed 12 September 2009. DatabaseOlympics.com profile