# Mathias Mester

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{{short description|German Paralympic athlete}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
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|name = Mathias Mester
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{{MedalSport|Men's [para-athletics](/source/para-athletics)}}
{{MedalCountry|{{flagu|Germany}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Paralympic Games](/source/Paralympic_Games)}}
{{MedalSilver| [2008 Beijing](/source/2008_Summer_Paralympics) | [Shot put F40](/source/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Paralympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_shot_put_F40)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[IPC World Championships](/source/IPC_Athletics_World_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold|[2013 Lyon](/source/2013_IPC_Athletics_World_Championships)|[Javelin F41](/source/2013_IPC_Athletics_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_javelin_throw)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[IPC European Championships](/source/IPC_Athletics_European_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold|[2012 Stadskanaal](/source/2012_IPC_Athletics_European_Championships)|[Javelin F40](/source/2012_IPC_Athletics_European_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_javelin_throw)}}
{{MedalGold |[2014 Swansea](/source/2014_IPC_Athletics_European_Championships)|[Javelin F41](/source/2014_IPC_Athletics_European_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_javelin_throw)}}
{{MedalSilver|[2016 Grosseto](/source/2016_IPC_Athletics_European_Championships)|[Javelin F40/41](/source/2016_IPC_Athletics_European_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_javelin_throw)}}
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'''Mathias Mester''' (born 15 September 1986 in [Coesfeld](/source/Coesfeld)) is a [Paralympian](/source/Paralympian) [athlete](/source/Track_and_field) 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](/source/German_Disabled_Sports_Association) recognised his achievement and he and cyclist [Natalie Simanowski](/source/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](/source/2008_Summer_Paralympics) in [Beijing](/source/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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Category:1986 births
Category:Living people
Category:German men javelin throwers
Category:German men shot putters
Category:Paralympic athletes for Germany
Category:Paralympic silver medalists for Germany
Category:Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Category:Competitors in the sport of athletics with dwarfism
Category:Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf
Category:People from Coesfeld
Category:Athletes from Münster (region)
Category:21st-century German sportsmen
Category:Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships

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