{{Short description|Norwegian shot putter (born 1998)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Marcus Thomsen | image = 2022-08-15 European Championships 2022 – Men's Shot Put by Sandro Halank–013.jpg | imagesize = 200px | caption = Thomsen at the 2022 European Championships | full_name = <!-- if different --> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|01|7|df=yes}} | birth_place = Voss Municipality, Norway | height = 1.86 m | weight = | sport = Athletics | event = Shot put | club = IK Tjalve | collegeteam = | education = | coach = Simon Stewart, Vesteinn Hafsteinsson | medaltemplates = }}
'''Marcus Thomsen''' (born 7 January 1998 in Voss Municipality) is a Norwegian athlete specialising in the shot put.<ref>{{World Athletics}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ba.no/sport/danskene-hyller-friidretts-talent-fra-voss/s/1-41-7091988 |title=Danskene hyller friidretts-talent fra Voss |last=Rotnes |first=Hanne Hagen |date=10 January 2014 |work=Bergensavisen |language=Norwegian |accessdate=4 March 2019}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Thomsen trøblet i VM-finalen |url=https://www.nrk.no/sport/thomsen-troblet-i-vm-finalen_-_-et-jaevla-shitshow-1.17569613 |website=nrk.no |date=13 September 2025 |access-date=13 September 2025 |language=no}}</ref>
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{NOR}} |- |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 |- |rowspan=2|2017 |European Throwing Cup (U23) |Las Palmas, Spain |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Shot put |18.20 m |- |European U20 Championships |Grosseto, Italy |bgcolor=gold|1st |Shot put (6 kg) |21.36 m |- |rowspan=2|2018 |European Throwing Cup (U23) |Leiria, Portugal |bgcolor=gold|1st |Shot put |19.61 m |- |European Championships |Berlin, Germany |16th (q) |Shot put |19.59 m |- |rowspan=2|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 |- |rowspan=2|2022 |World Championships |Eugene, United States |10th |Shot put |20.66 m |- |European Championships |Munich, Germany |9th |Shot put |19.91 m |- |rowspan=2|2023 |European Indoor Championships |Istanbul, Turkey |6th |Shot put |20.66 m |- |World Championships |Budapest, Hungary |21st (q) |Shot put |19.97 m |- |rowspan=2|2024 |European Championships |Rome, Italy |8th |Shot put |20.42 m |- |Olympic Games |Paris, France |9th |Shot put |20.67 m |- |2025 |World Championships |Tokyo, Japan |10th |Shot put |20.53 m |- |2026 |World Indoor Championships |Toruń, Poland |14th |Shot put |19.41 m |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{European Athletics|14593954}} * {{Diamond League}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20240730151826/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/marcus-thomsen_1878345 Marcus Thomsen] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/marcus-thomsen_1878345 alternate link]) * {{Olympedia}} * {{InterSportStats}} * {{Team Norway|friidrett/marcus-thomsen}} * {{Store norske leksikon}} * {{Instagram}}<!-- per WP:ELMINOFFICIAL, choose one official website only -->
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomsen, Marcus}} Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:Norwegian men shot putters Category:Norwegian Athletics Championships winners Category:European Games competitors for Norway Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games Category:Olympic athletes for Norway Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Sportspeople from Voss Category:Athletes from Vestland Category:Norwegian expatriates in Denmark Category:21st-century Norwegian sportsmen Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Norway
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