Peter Esenwein (born 7 December 1967 in

Göppingen Göppingen ( Swabian: ''Geppenge'' or ''Gebbenga'') is a town in southern Germany, part of the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg. It is the capital of the district Göppingen. Göppingen is home to the toy company Märklin, and it is the b ...

) is a German

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the ...

er. In the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

he was eliminated in the first round of the javelin throw competition. He finished sixth at the 2006 European Championships and third at the 2006 World Athletics Final. His personal best throw is 87.20 metres, achieved in May 2004 in Rehlingen. This ranked him fourth among German javelin (new implement) throwers, behind

Raymond Hecht Raymond Hecht (born 11 November 1968) is a German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. His personal best throw is 92.60 m, achieved in 1995. This places him eighth on the all-time rankings. During his career, Hecht set fiv ...

Boris Henry Boris Obergföll (' Henry; born 14 December 1973) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He won a bronze medal in the World Championships twice (1995 and 2003). His personal best throw was 90.44 metres, ...

and

Peter Blank Peter Blank (born 10 April 1962) is a German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. Early on in his career, he was a decathlete. In 1992, he set the world record for longest javelin throw in a decathlon with a distance of 79. ...

All but Hecht were displaced by the new crop of German throwers in 2017 and 2018,

Johannes Vetter Johannes Vetter (; born 26 March 1993) is a German athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He won gold at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. His personal best of 97.76 m is the German record, and ranks him second on the overall li ...

Thomas Röhler Thomas Röhler (born 30 September 1991) is a German track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He is the Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw, 2016 Olympic Champion and 2018 European Athletics Championship ...

and Andreas Hofmann.

Achievements

Seasonal bests by year

*1997 - 85.60 *1998 - 84.17 *2000 - 84.79 *2001 - 81.74 *2002 - 82.97 *2003 - 83.03 *2004 - 87.20 *2005 - 77.20 *2006 - 85.30 *2007 - 82.78 *2008 - 82.72 *2009 - 79.15 *2010 - 77.47 *2012 - 75.75 *2013 - 74.15

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* 1967 births Living people German male javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany Competitors at the 1995 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Göppingen 21st-century German people {{Germany-javelin-bio-stub