Peter Esenwein

Esenwein at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics.

Peter Esenwein (born 7 December 1967 in Göppingen) is a German javelin thrower.

In the 2004 Summer Olympics 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, Boris Henry and Peter Blank. [1] All but Hecht were displaced by the new crop of German throwers in 2017 and 2018, Johannes Vetter, Thomas Röhler and Andreas Hofmann.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
1995 UniversiadeFukuoka, Japan11th 70.52 m
2004 Olympic GamesAthens, Greece20th (q) 78.41 m
2006 European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden6th 81.11 m
2007 World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan13th (q) 79.62 m

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