Volker Mai (born 3 May 1966) is a former triple jumper who represented East Germany. Representing SC Neubrandenburg, he holds the current world junior record with 17.50 metres, achieved on 23 June 1985 in Erfurt.World Junior Records. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 5 January 2012.
Biography Mai won his first international medal at the 1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships, where he cleared to take the bronze medal.European Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 5 January 2012. He then secured a triple jump and long jump double at the 1985 European Athletics Junior Championships held in Cottbus.European Junior Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 5 January 2012. That same year he ranked second in the triple jump at the 1985 European Cup.European Cup (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 5 January 2012. The following year he managed seventh at the 1986 European Athletics Championships. Another indoor medal followed at the 1989 European Athletics Indoor Championships and he was the silver medallist behind Nikolay Musiyenko of the USSR. His final appearance for East Germany came at the 1990 European Athletics Championships and he finished fifth behind his compatriot Jörg Friess.1990 European Championships - Men's Triple Jump. Todor66. Retrieved on 5 January 2012.
Nationally, he was a four-time East German Indoor triple jump champion (1984, 1985, 1987, 1989) and a two-time East German outdoor champion (1984, 1988).East German Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 5 January 2012. Following German reunification he was the German indoor champion in 1991, 1993 and 1995, and took his sole German outdoor title in 1994.German Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 5 January 2012.German Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 5 January 2012. In addition to his ten national titles in the triple jump, he was the 1989 East German champion in the long jump.East German Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 5 January 2012.
Mai was implicated in state-sponsored doping by Werner Franke and Brigitte Berendonk in their book Doping: From Research to Deceit. Based upon research of leaked Stasi files, Franke and Berendonk deduced that Mai had undergone cycles of Oral Turinabol (a banned steroid) in the period of 1982 to 1984.Brigitte Berendonk: Doping-Dokumente - Von der Forschung zum Betrug. Springer-Verlag, Berlin 1991, , S. 125, Tabelle 7
He then moved to the United States where competed for the Georgia Bulldogs track and field team in the NCAA. He also received his doctorate in microbiology at the University of Georgia. After gaining a master's degree from Harvard School of Public Health, he took up an assistant professorship at the University of Maryland Medical School. He has worked as an assistant microbiology professor at the University of Florida since 2007.World-class athlete finds success in lab, too. University of Florida (31 October 2011). Retrieved on 2012-01-05.
Achievements Representing 1985European Indoor Championships Piraeus, Greece 3rdTriple jump17.14 m1986European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany7thTriple jump16.74 m (wind: 0.0 m/s)1989European Indoor Championships The Hague, Netherlands 2ndTriple jump17.03 m1990European Championships Split, Yugoslavia5thTriple jump16.88 m (wind: -0.2 m/s)Representing 1991World Indoor Championships Seville, Spain5thTriple jump16.74 m1994European Championships Helsinki, Finland14thTriple jump16.22 m (wind: +0.3 m/s)
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