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Norwegian shot putter (born 1998)
Marcus Thomsen
Marcus Thomsen in 2022
Born (1998-01-07 ) 7 January 1998 (age 26)
Voss ,
Norway Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Sport
Athletics Event
Shot put Club
IK Tjalve Coached by Simon Stewart, Vesteinn Hafsteinsson
Marcus Thomsen (born 7 January 1998 in
Voss ) is a
Norwegian athlete specialising in the
shot put .
[1] 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 .
[2]
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
References