| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Maxibon, Maxi |
| Born | 16 June 1997 Camden, New South Wales, Australia |
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Modern pentathlon |
| Club | NSW Modern Pentathlon |
| Coached by | Daniel Esposito |
Max Esposito (born 16 June 1997) is an Australian modern pentathlete.[1] He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's event.[2] He was the youngest athlete in the race and finished seventh.[3] Esposito has also competed in one Youth Olympic Games and one World Modern Pentathlon Championships.[4]
Max Esposito is the son of Daniel Esposito, who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in the modern pentathlon.[5] His sister Chloe Esposito won a gold medal in the women's modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics[5] and another sister, Emily, is a sports shooter who competed at the 2010 Youth Olympics and 2014 Commonwealth Games.[6] Esposito was born in Camden, a town south-west of Sydney.[1] He now lives in the Hungarian city of Budapest.[1] Esposito took up the sport of modern pentathlon at the age of 13.[1]
Esposito's first international competition was in 2013 when he competed at the Oceanian Championships in Kazakhstan.[1] He finished in first place and that result, along with another win at the 2014 International Youth A Championships, qualified him for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.[1] Esposito finished 17th in the individual boys event and 12th in the mixed relay event.[1] In October 2014 Esposito competed at the 2014 Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne International Youth Championships in Tata, Hungary.[4] He finished fifth in the individual event.[4]
On 30 May 2015 in Beijing, China the Asia/Oceania Championships were held.[4] The event doubled as qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[4] Esposito won the event and he and his sister Chloe, who won the women's event, became the first Australian athletes to qualify for the 2016 Games.[5] He then competed in the 2015 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in the men's individual event, finishing 47th.[4]
Esposito's next major competition was the 2016 Olympics. Coming into the final discipline, the run and shooting combined, he was ranked 17th and conceded a 45 second handicap to the lead athlete.[3] Esposito competed the combined course in the fourth quickest time out of all the athletes and climbed ten places to finish seventh.[7] His total points score was 1462.[7] After the Olympics Esposito competed in the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne Junior World Championships in Cairo, Egypt.[4] Esposito finished ninth with a score of 1388 points.[8] He finished 41 points behind Guatemalan Charles Fernandez.[8]