# Max Plaxton

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{{short description|Canadian cross-country mountain biker}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name=Max Plaxton
|image            = Max Plaxton La Bresse 2012.jpg
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|caption          = Plaxton in 2012
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1985|05|29|df=y}}
|birth_place=[Tofino](/source/Tofino), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia)
|death_date=
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|country={{CAN}}
| height   = {{convert|183|cm|ft}}
| weight = {{convert|70|kg|lb}}
|sport=[Mountain biking](/source/Mountain_biking)
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|medaltemplates= <!-- see Template:MedalRelatedTemplates -->
{{MedalSport|Men's [Mountain biking](/source/Mountain_biking)}}
{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[Pan American Games](/source/Pan_American_Games)}}
{{MedalSilver| [2011 Guadalajara](/source/2011_Pan_American_Games) |[Cross-country](/source/Cycling_at_the_2011_Pan_American_Games)}}
|updated   = 7 February 2013
}}

'''Max Plaxton''' is a Canadian cross-country mountain biker.{{refn|name=OlympicBotGeneratedRef|{{cite web|title=Max Plaxton|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/plaxton-max-1076557/|work=London 2012|publisher=The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited|accessdate=13 September 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828135117/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/plaxton-max-1076557/|archivedate=28 August 2012|df=dmy-all}}}} At the [2012 Summer Olympics](/source/2012_Summer_Olympics), he competed in the [Men's cross-country](/source/Cycling_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics%26nbsp%3B%E2%80%93_Men's_cross-country) at [Hadleigh Farm](/source/Hadleigh_Farm), but did not finish due to a knee injury. He raced the entire 2012 UCI XC world cup and had a career best finish in France breaking into the top ten in elite. His main sponsor is Cannondale bikes.

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Category:Canadian male cyclists
Category:Cross-country mountain bikers
Category:Living people
Category:Olympic cyclists for Canada
Category:Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:1985 births
Category:Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada
Category:Canadian mountain bikers
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada in cycling
Category:Cyclists at the 2011 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen

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