Maximilian Ulbrich

Maximilian Ulbrich is a German sport shooter. He is a three-time European champion with the air rifle.

Professional career

Maximilian Ulbrich had several successes in his youth, such as 1st place at the German Youth Championships 10 m air rifle 2018 and 6th place at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires. In 2019, he won a silver medal in both the 10 m air rifle and 10 m air rifle mixed disciplines at the ISSF Junior World Cup 2019 in Suhl.
After that, things quietened down somewhat for Ulbrich, who continued to train as a police officer with the Bavarian police's top sports support group. Ulbrich returned to success with his new coach Wolfram [Waibel Jr.|Wolfram Waibel] and became 2023 European [10 m Events Championships|European air rifle champion in 2023], despite breaking his left wrist just a few days before the competition. This was followed in 2024 by a first place at the European Air Rifle Championships in Győr with his teammate Anna Janssen and a silver medal at the European Games in Wrocław.
At the Olympic Games, Ulbrich - also with Anna Janßen - qualified for the Shooting at the [2024 Summer Olympics – Mixed 10 metre air rifle team|mixed bronze medal match]. There they lost to the Kazakh duo Alexandra Le and Islam Sätbajew after 60 shots with 1.1 points 630.8 to 629.7 rings and thus took fourth place.