Mathias Mester

{{short description|German Paralympic athlete}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{MedalTableTop |name = Mathias Mester |image = Mathias „Matze“ Mester -9613.jpg |image_size = 200px |caption = Mester in 2016 |medals = {{MedalSport|Men's para-athletics}} {{MedalCountry|{{flagu|Germany}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}} {{MedalSilver| 2008 Beijing | Shot put F40}} {{MedalCompetition|IPC World Championships}} {{MedalGold|2013 Lyon|Javelin F41}} {{MedalCompetition|IPC European Championships}} {{MedalGold|2012 Stadskanaal|Javelin F40}} {{MedalGold |2014 Swansea|Javelin F41}} {{MedalSilver|2016 Grosseto|Javelin F40/41}} }}

'''Mathias Mester''' (born 15 September 1986 in Coesfeld) is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in category F40 throwing events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=687491|title=Mester, Mathias|accessdate=21 September 2013|publisher=infostradasports.com|archive-date=23 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923062233/http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=687491|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2007 the German Disabled Sports Association recognised his achievement and he and cyclist Natalie Simanowski were the Disabled Athletes of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web|title=DBS {{!}} DBS {{!}} Preisträger|url=https://www.dbs-npc.de/ehrungen-sportler-des-jahres-preistraeger.html|access-date=2021-07-16|website=www.dbs-npc.de}}</ref>

He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a silver medal in the men's F40 shot put event.

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==External links== * {{IPC|mathias-mester|id2=687491}} * {{TDP|mathias-mester}}

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