Marcus Thomsen (born 7 January 1998 in Voss Municipality) is a Norwegian athlete specialising in the shot put. 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.
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.
International competitions Representing 2015World Youth ChampionshipsCali, Colombia11thShot put (5 kg)19.16 m2016World U20 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland7thShot put (6 kg)19.39 m2017European Throwing Cup (U23)Las Palmas, Spain3rdShot put18.20 mEuropean U20 ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy1stShot put (6 kg)21.36 m2018European Throwing Cup (U23)Leiria, Portugal1stShot put19.61 mEuropean ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany16th (q)Shot put19.59 m2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom7thShot put20.22 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsGävle, Sweden4thShot put19.41 m2021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland7thShot put20.28 m2022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States10thShot put20.66 mEuropean ChampionshipsMunich, Germany9thShot put19.91 m2023European Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey6thShot put20.66 mWorld ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary21st (q)Shot put19.97 m2024European ChampionshipsRome, Italy8thShot put20.42 mOlympic GamesParis, France9thShot put20.67 m2025World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan10thShot put20.53 m2026World Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland14thShot put19.41 m
References
External links
Marcus Thomsen at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)