Markus Esser

{{short description|German hammer thrower}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name =Markus Esser

| image = Markus Esser.JPG

| imagesize = 170px

| caption = Markus Esser in 2014

| nationality = {{GER}}

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|02|03|mf=y}}

|birth_place = Leverkusen, West Germany

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.80 m

| weight = 99 kg

| country = {{GER}}

| sport = Athletics

| event = Hammer throw

| club = Bayer Leverkusen

| headercolor = lightsteelblue

| pb = 81.10 m (2006)

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Country |{{GER}} }}

{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2005 Helsinki |Hammer throw}}

{{Medal|Competition|European Championships}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2006 Gothenburg |Hammer throw}}

}}

Markus Esser (born 3 February 1980 in Leverkusen) is a retired German hammer throw. His personal best is 81.10 metres, achieved in July 2006 in Leverkusen. This ranks him eighth among German hammer throwers, behind Ralf Haber, Heinz Weis, Karsten Kobs, Günther Rodehau, Holger Klose, Christoph Sahner and Klaus Ploghaus.{{cite web |url=http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf |title="Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik |trans-title="Eternal" list of the best in German athletics |website=leichtathletik.de |language=de |access-date=15 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704081712/http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf |archive-date=4 July 2007}}

He won his only major international medal, the bronze at 2006 European Championships retrospectively after the disqualification of the original winner, Belarusian Ivan Tikhon.