Markus Esser (born 3 February 1980 in Leverkusen) is a retired German hammer throw. His personal best is 81.10 metres, achieved in July 2006 in Leverkusen. This ranks him eighth among German hammer throwers, behind Ralf Haber, Heinz Weis, Karsten Kobs, Günther Rodehau, Holger Klose, Christoph Sahner and Klaus Ploghaus.

He won his only major international medal, the bronze at 2006 European Championships retrospectively after the disqualification of the original winner, Belarusian Ivan Tikhon.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing Germany
1997European Junior ChampionshipsSan Sebastián, Spain16th60.58 m
1998World Junior ChampionshipsAnnecy, France12th59.58 m
1999European Junior ChampionshipsRiga, Latvia3rd66.68 m
2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia35th (q)69.51 m
2001European U23 ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands7th72.36 m
2002European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany29th (q)70.15 m
2004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece11th72.51 m
2005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland3rd79.16 m
IAAF World Athletics FinalMonte Carlo, Monaco7th75.88 m
2006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden3rd79.19 m
IAAF World Athletics FinalStuttgart, Germany4th79.19 m
2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan8th79.66 m
2008Olympic GamesBeijing, PR China7th77.10 m
2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany6th76.27 m
2010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain19th (q)71.89 m
2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea4th79.12 m
2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland7th74.49 m
2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia10th76.25 m

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