Marcus Thomsen (born 7 January 1998 in

Voss Voss () is a municipality and a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen. Other villages include Bolstadøyri, Borstrondi, Evanger, Kvitheim, Mjølfjell, Opphe ...

) is a Norwegian athlete specialising in the

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. He won a gold medal at the 2017 European U20 Championships. He also reached the final at the

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finishing seventh. His family moved from Voss to

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, 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. His personal bests in the event are 21.03 metres outdoors, achieved in June 2020 at

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, and 21.09 metres indoors, achieved in February 2021 at Växjö, Sweden, which is also the national record.

International competitions

References

1998 births Living people Norwegian male shot putters People from Voss Norwegian expatriates in Denmark Norwegian Athletics Championships winners Sportspeople from Vestland European Games competitors for Norway Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub