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{{short description|German heptathlete}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| image          = Jennifer Oeser Berlin 2009.JPG
| caption        = Oeser at the 2009 Berlin World Championships
| birth_name     = 
| nationality    = German
| residence      = 
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1983|11|29|df=y}}
| birth_place    = 
| height         ={{height|m=1.76}}
| weight         ={{convert|67|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| country        = {{GER}}
| sport          =Athletics
| event          =[[Heptathlon]]
| turnedpro      = 
| coach          = Karl-Heinz Due
| worlds         = 
| regionals      = 
| nationals      = 
| olympics       = 
| highestranking = 
| pb             = 
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|2009 Berlin]]|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|2011 Daegu]]|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2010 European Athletics Championships|2010 Barcelona]]|[[2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]}}
| updated        = 4 August 2012
}}
'''Jennifer Oeser''' (born 29 November 1983 in [[Brunsbüttel]], [[Schleswig-Holstein]]) is a retired [[Germany|German]] [[Heptathlon|heptathlete]].

==Career==
Oeser's first international championship was the [[2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics]] and she finished in eighth place with a score of 5405 points. She improved her personal best to 5901 points to win the [[gold medal]] at the [[2003 European Athletics U23 Championships]]. Moving up to the senior ranks, she finished fourth in the heptathlon at the [[2006 European Athletics Championships]] in [[Gothenburg]] and was seventh in the event at the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics]]. Oeser was eleventh at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]].<ref>http://www.leverkusen.com/presse/db/presse.php?view=00014485 Olympia: Von Platz fünf bis neun für Leverkusen alles dabei</ref> She set a personal best of 6493 points to win the [[silver medal]] in the [[heptathlon]] at the [[2009 IAAF World Championships]] in [[Berlin]]. The following year she was at the [[Erdgas Meeting]] in [[Ratingen]], Germany, holding off her domestic rival [[Lilli Schwarzkopf]] to win with a total of 6427.<ref>van Kuijen, Hans (2010-06-20).  [http://www.iaaf.org/WCE10/news/newsid=57103.html Garcia and Oeser prevail in Ratingen - IAAF Combined Events Challenge]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2010-06-21.</ref>

==Personal bests==
[[File:Jennifer Oeser.jpg|thumb|Oeser competing at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka]]
{|class=wikitable
!Event
!Mark
|-
|[[100 m hurdles]]
|13.14 s
|-
|[[High jump]]
|1.86 m
|-
|[[Shot put]]
|14.29 m
|-
|[[200 metres]]
|23.95 s
|-
|[[Long jump]]
|6.68 m
|-
|[[Javelin throw]]
|51.30 m
|-
|[[800 metres]]
| 2:10.39 min
|-
!colspan=2|
|-
|[[Heptathlon]]
| 6683 points
|}

==Major competition record==
{|{{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{GER}}
|-
|2002
|[[2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|[[Kingston, Jamaica]]
|8th
|Heptathlon
|[[2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon|5405 pts]]
|-
|2003
|[[2003 European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]
|[[Bydgoszcz]], Poland
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Heptathlon
|[[2003 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's heptathlon|5901 pts]]
|-
|2006
|[[2006 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Gothenburg]], Sweden
|4th
|[[2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]
|6376 pts
|-
|2007
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Osaka]], Japan
|7th
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]
|6378 pts
|-
|2008
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Beijing]], China
|11th
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]
|6360 pts
|-
|2009
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Berlin]], Germany
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]
|6493 pts
|-
|2010
|[[2010 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Barcelona]], Spain
|bgcolor=CC9966|3rd
|[[2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]
|6683 pts
|-
|2011
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Daegu]], South Korea
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]
|6572 pts
|-
|2015
|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Beijing]], China
|10th
|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]
|6308 pts
|-
|2016
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Rio de Janeiro|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]]
|9th
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]
|6401 pts
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{World Athletics}}
* [http://www.leverkusen.com/whoiswho/whoiswho.php4?view=Oeser_Je&lang=en Leverkusen who's who]

{{Footer U23 European Champions Heptathlon Women}}
{{Footer IAAF Combined Events Challenge Heptathlon Champions}}
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[[Category:1983 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Brunsbüttel]]
[[Category:German heptathletes]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Germany]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:European Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany]]
[[Category:Athletes from Schleswig-Holstein]]
[[Category:21st-century German sportswomen]]


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