Louis Martin (weightlifter)
Heanor, Derbyshire , United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Jamaica, Great Britain, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Louis George Martin (11 November 1936 – 16 January 2015) was a British middle-heavyweight weightlifter.
Biography
Martin was born in Kingston, Jamaica, where he did some bodybuilding. In the mid-1950s he moved to the United Kingdom and started training in weightlifting.
At the
He represented England and won a gold medal in the middle heavyweight division, at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.[4]
He went on to secure three consecutive gold medals at the Commonwealth Games, winning the gold in the middle heavyweight division at both the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica and the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[5][6][7]
In 2018, Martin was one of the first people to be commemorated by a plaque on Derby's walk of fame.[8]
References
- ^ "Weightlifter Louis Martin dies, aged 78". The Sunday Times. 17 January 2015. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015.
- ^ Louis Martin. chidlovski.net
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Louis Martin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ "1962 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1966 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team". Team England.
- ^ Mallett, Chris (12 May 2018). "Revealed: these are the people YOU chose to be on Derby's walk of fame". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 12 May 2018.