# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/markus-esser
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:02:17.645Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/markus-esser"
name: "Markus Esser"
slug: "markus-esser"
description: "Markus Esser 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."
tagline: "German hammer thrower"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Markus_Esser.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1980-02-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.938049333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Markus Esser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماركوس إسر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماركوس اسر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Esser"
    title: "Markus Esser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Esser"
    title: "Markus Esser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Esser"
    title: "Markus Esser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Esser"
    title: "Markus Esser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Esser"
    title: "Markus Esser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Esser"
    title: "Markus Esser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Esser"
    title: "Markus Esser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68663"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump