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Norwegian shot putter (born 1998)

Marcus Thomsen
Thomsen at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Born (1998-01-07) 7 January 1998 (age 27)
Voss, Norway
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventShot put
ClubIK Tjalve
Coached bySimon Stewart, Vesteinn Hafsteinsson

Marcus Thomsen (born 7 January 1998 in Voss) is a Norwegian athlete specialising in the shot put. He won a gold medal at the 2017 European U20 Championships. He also reached the final at the European Indoor Championships finishing seventh.

His family moved from Voss to Aarhus, Denmark in 2012, and Thomsen spent his teenage years there. When breaking through as a youth athlete he did not represent any Norwegian club, eventually being recruited by Oslo-based club IK Tjalve.

His personal bests in the event are 21.03 metres outdoors, achieved in June 2020 at Oslo, and 21.09 metres indoors, achieved in February 2021 at Växjö, Sweden, which is also the national record.

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Norway
2015 World Youth Championships Cali, Colombia 11th Shot put (5 kg) 19.16 m
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 7th Shot put (6 kg) 19.39 m
2017 European Throwing Cup (U23) Las Palmas, Spain 3rd Shot put 18.20 m
European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 1st Shot put (6 kg) 21.36 m
2018 European Throwing Cup (U23) Leiria, Portugal 1st Shot put 19.61 m
European Championships Berlin, Germany 16th (q) Shot put 19.59 m
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 7th Shot put 20.22 m
European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 4th Shot put 19.41 m
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 7th Shot put 20.28 m
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 10th Shot put 20.66 m
European Championships Munich, Germany 9th Shot put 19.91 m
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 6th Shot put 20.66 m
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 21st (q) Shot put 19.97 m
2024 European Championships Rome, Italy 8th Shot put 20.42 m
Olympic Games Paris, France 9th Shot put 20.67 m

References

  1. Marcus Thomsen at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  2. Rotnes, Hanne Hagen (10 January 2014). "Danskene hyller friidretts-talent fra Voss". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 March 2019.

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