Martin Hollstein (born 2 April 1987 in Neubrandenburg) is a German sprint canoer and Olympic champion.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Hollstein won the gold in the K-2 1000 m event with partner Andreas Ihle.

[1] Hollstein startet in September 2005 an education as a mechanic at the Webasto AG company in his hometown Neubrandenburg.

At the decisive World Cup in Szeged, he finished fourth in the 500m double with Rupert Wagner, but that fell short of the norm as Olympic champions Ronald Rauhe and Tim Wieskötter won the race.

[3] Shortly before the 2008 Summer Olympics, he surprisingly moved to the side of Andreas Ihle in the kayak double over 1000 meters for the ill Rupert Wagner.

[4] In 2010, Hollstein competed again with his double partner Andreas Ihle and won the gold medal at the 2010 European Canoe Racing Championships in Trasona.

[7] After missing the finals at the European Championship 2014 in Brandenburg, intense training weeks followed for the four-man team around Hollstein with his partners Marius Radow, Martin Schubert and Kai Spenner.