Markus Esser (born 3 February 1980 in

Leverkusen Leverkusen () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the eastern bank of the Rhine. To the south, Leverkusen borders the city of Cologne, and to the north the state capital, Düsseldorf. The city is part of the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan ...

) is a retired

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. His personal best is 81.10 metres, achieved in July 2006 in

. This ranks him eighth among German hammer throwers, behind Ralf Haber, Heinz Weis, Karsten Kobs, Günther Rodehau, Holger Klose, Christoph Sahner and Klaus Ploghaus. He won his only major international medal, the bronze at 2006 European Championships retrospectively after the disqualification of the original winner, Belarusian Ivan Tikhon.

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* * * 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Leverkusen Athletes from Cologne (region) German male hammer throwers Olympic male hammer throwers Olympic athletes for Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany European Athletics Championships medalists German national athletics champions 21st-century German sportsmen 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-hammer-bio-stub