Marcus Thomsen

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Marcus Thomsen
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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
Sport Athletics
Event Shot put
Club IK Tjalve
Coached bySimon 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.

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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 21.23 metres outdoors, achieved in June 2025 at Bottnaryd, Sweden and 21.09 metres indoors, achieved in February 2021 at Växjö, Sweden, both which also are the national records.

He placed tenth in shot put at the 2025 World Athletics Championships. [3]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
2015 World Youth Championships Cali, Colombia 11thShot put (5 kg)19.16 m
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 7thShot put (6 kg) 19.39 m
2017 European Throwing Cup (U23) Las Palmas, Spain 3rdShot put18.20 m
European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 1stShot put (6 kg)21.36 m
2018 European Throwing Cup (U23) Leiria, Portugal 1stShot put19.61 m
European Championships Berlin, Germany 16th (q)Shot put 19.59 m
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 7thShot put 20.22 m
European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 4thShot put 19.41 m
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 7thShot put 20.28 m
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 10thShot put 20.66 m
European Championships Munich, Germany 9thShot put 19.91 m
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 6thShot put 20.66 m
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 21st (q)Shot put 19.97 m
2024 European Championships Rome, Italy 8thShot put 20.42 m
Olympic Games Paris, France 9thShot put 20.67 m
2025 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 10thShot put 20.53 m

References

  1. ↑ Marcus Thomsen at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ Rotnes, Hanne Hagen (10 January 2014). "Danskene hyller friidretts-talent fra Voss". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Thomsen trøblet i VM-finalen". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 13 September 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.


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