Marty Nothstein

Marty Nothstein
Marty Nothstein
Born	Martin Wayne Nothstein; February 10, 1971 (age 53); Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
	Cycling career
Personal information
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	212 lb (96 kg)
Team information
Discipline	Track & Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional teams
2001	Mercury Viatel
2002–2006	Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
World Championships

Martin Wayne Nothstein (born February 10, 1971) is an American former professional road bicycle racer and track cyclist. He is a three-time world champion in track events and an Olympic gold and silver medalist. Nothstein unsuccessfully ran as the Republican Party nominee for the 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district and Pennsylvania's 15th district special election.

Early life and education

Nothstein was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, one of five children to Gail Benner Nothstein and Wayne Nothstein, owner of a local automotive business, Nothstein Motors. Nothstein's paternal great grandfather was an accomplished bicycle racer at the turn of the 20th century, and bare-knuckle prizefighter. Nothstein is a 1989 graduate of Emmaus High School in Emmaus, Pennsylvania and attended The Pennsylvania State University. ^[2]

Cycling career

Nothstein began cycling in 1987 and made his international debut in 1989, at the UCI Track Cycling World Cycling Championships in Lyon, France.

Nothstein won his first world championship medal in 1993, when he took the silver in the keirin. He became a double world champion in 1994, winning both sprint and keirin events at the 1994 World Championships. He did so while nursing a broken heel bone. Nothstein again rode with a fractured bone, this time a kneecap, as part of the U.S. team sprint squad that won the bronze medal at the 1995 World Championships.^[3]

He won a Silver medal in the sprint at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he became the first American cyclist in 16 years to win an Olympic gold medal, when he took the victory in the sprint.

In March 2001, he turned professional (on the road) with the U.S. based Mercury Viatel team, before moving to the Navigators Insurance Cycling Team in 2002. He remained with Navigators for four years to the end of his career.

In 2004, Nothstein had success on the road as well as track, proving many people wrong; many had said that this wasn't possible for a sprint rider. In order to transfer to road riding, he lost 30 pounds compared to his weight at the 2000 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Post-cycling career

Nothstein retired from competitive cycling after the 2006 season,^[5] and used to drive in NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car for Follow A Dream.

Nothstein won two races in the 2007 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series season; one at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, Florida in the series’ season opener, the other in mid-July at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois. He finished 11th in points in the 2007 NHRA Alcohol Funny Car season.^[6]

As of 2017, Nothstein was living in Lowhill Township, Pennsylvania, and working as executive director of the Valley Preferred Cycling Center.

2018 U.S. House campaign

In October 2017 Nothstein announced that he would seek the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district for the 2018 United States House of Representatives election prior to the announcement of the district's Republican incumbent, Charlie Dent, that he would not run for another term.^[7] He lost his bid for Congress in the 7th District to Democrat Susan Wild,^[8] receiving 43.5% of the vote.^[9]

Nothstein also ran in special election for Charlie Dent's former seat in Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district.^[10]^[11] Nothstein was defeated by Wild in this election as well, receiving 129,593 votes to Wild's 130,353 votes.^[12]^[13]

Major achievements

World Championships: 3-Gold Medals – Keirin (1996), Sprint and Keirin (1994); 2-Silver Medals – Match Sprint (1996), Keirin (1993); 2-Bronze Medals – Keirin, (1997), Team Sprint (1995)
U.S. National Championships: 34-Gold Medals

1993: 2nd Keirin, Track Cycling World Championships

1994: 1st Keirin, Track Cycling World Championships; 1st Sprint, Track Cycling World Championships

1995: 1st Sprint, Pan American Games; 1st Sprint, Round 6, Manchester, 1995 Track World Cup; 2nd Keirin, Round 6, Manchester, 1995 Track World Cup

1996: 1st Keirin, Track Cycling World Championships; 2nd Sprint, Track Cycling World Championships; 2nd Sprint, Olympic Games; 1st Sprint, Round 1, Cali, 1996 Track World Cup; 1st Keirin, Round 1, Cali, 1996 Track World Cup; 1st Sprint, Round 2, Havanna, 1996 Track World Cup; 1st Keirin, Round 2, Havanna, 1996 Track World Cup; 1st Sprint, Round 4, Italy, 1996 Track World Cup; 1st Keirin, Round 4, Italy, 1996 Track World Cup

1997: 3rd Keirin, World Track Cycling Championships; 1st Sprint, Round 1, Cali, 1997 Track World Cup; 1st Keirin, Round 1, Cali, 1997 Track World Cup; 1st Sprint, Round 2, Trexlertown, 1997 Track World Cup; 2nd Keirin, Round 2, Trexlertown, 1997 Track World Cup; 1st Sprint, Round 3, Fiorenzuola, 1997 Track World Cup; 3rd Sprint, Round 4, Quatro Sant’Elana, 1997 Track World Cup; 1st Keirin, Round 4, Quatro Sant’Elana, 1997 Track World Cup; 1st Keirin, Round 6, Adelaide, 1997 Track World Cup

1998: 2nd Sprint, Round 1, Cali, 1998 Track World Cup; 3rd Keirin, Round 1, Cali, 1998 Track World Cup; 2nd Keirin, Round 2, Victoria, 1998 Track World Cup

1999: 1st Keirin, Pan American Games; 1st Sprint, Pan American Games; 1st Team Sprint, Pan American Games; 1st Keirin, US National Track Championships

2000: 1st Sprint, Olympic Games; 1st Keirin, US National Track Championships; 1st Sprint, US National Track Championships; 1st Team sprint, US National Track Championships

2001: 2nd Kilo, Round 3, Italy, UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics; 3rd Keirin, Round 3, Italy, UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics; 3rd Keirin, Round 5, Malaysia, UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics; 3rd Scratch Race, Goodwill Games; 1st Kilo, US National Track Championships; 1st Sprint, US National Track Championships; 1st Keirin, US National Track Championships

2002: 1st Scratch Race, US National Track Championships; 1st Brick City Classic (USA); 1st Six Days of Moscow (RUS)

2003: 1st Keirin, US National Track Championships; 1st Team sprint, US National Track Championships; 1st New York City Cycling Championship (USA); 1st Air Products Finals (Track) (USA)

2004: U.S. Olympic Track Cycling Team member; 1st Keirin, US National Track Championships; 1st Wells Fargo Twilight Criterium (USA); 1st Sprint, Tour of Connecticut (USA); 1st Commerce Bank Criterium (USA); 1st Paul Heller Memorial (USA); 1st Battle of Brilliance Criterium (USA); 1st Team Sprint, USA Track Cup; 1st Keirin, USA Track Cup; 2nd Stage 2, Nature Valley Grand Prix (USA); 3rd Tour de Gastown (CAN); 3rd Bike Jam 2004 (USA); 3rd Bristol Mountain Road Race (USA)

2005: 1st Tour de Christiana (USA); 1st Silver Spring G.P. Criterium (USA); 1st Harrisburg Criterium (USA); 1st CTS Westfield Criterium (USA); 1st St. Valentine's Day Massacre (USA); 1st El Cajon Downtown G.P. (USA); 3rd D.A.R.E. Grand Prix (USA)

References

^ "Marty Nothstein". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
^ "Marty Nothstein biography". USA Cycling. Archived from the original on December 2, 2005.
^ |Mike Kallal (2000). "Cyclingnews talks with Marty Nothstein". Cycling News.
^ "Olympic Champion, Marty Nothstein Interview". British Cycling. April 2004. Archived from the original on August 21, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
^ Sieger, Edward (February 10, 2015). "Former Olympian announces candidacy for Lehigh County commissioner". The Express-Times. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
^ Olympic Gold Medalist Marty Nothstein to Drive Follow A Dream/Permatex/Wynn's NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car Archived July 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Former Olympian Nothstein announces Congressional nomination bid". cyclingnews.com. October 19, 2017. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
^ https://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-nws-lehigh-valley-election-night-roundup-20181106-story.html
^ https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/pennsylvania-house-district-7
^ https://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-nws-pa-15-nothstein-wild-special-election-20181106-story.html
^ https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2018/11/gerrymandering_evident_in_poll.html
^ https://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/mc-nws-pa-15-congress-special-election-winner-20181115-story.html
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 20, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

Marty Nothstein at Cycling Archives
Marty Nothstein Biography at Navigators

[SR-1] "Marty Nothstein". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.

[2] "Marty Nothstein biography". USA Cycling. Archived from the original on December 2, 2005.

[3] |Mike Kallal (2000). "Cyclingnews talks with Marty Nothstein". Cycling News.

[4] "Olympic Champion, Marty Nothstein Interview". British Cycling. April 2004. Archived from the original on August 21, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2009.

[Sieger0210-5] Sieger, Edward (February 10, 2015). "Former Olympian announces candidacy for Lehigh County commissioner". The Express-Times. Retrieved October 27, 2015.

[6] Olympic Gold Medalist Marty Nothstein to Drive Follow A Dream/Permatex/Wynn's NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car Archived July 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[7] "Former Olympian Nothstein announces Congressional nomination bid". cyclingnews.com. October 19, 2017. Retrieved October 20, 2017.

[8] ttps://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-nws-lehigh-valley-election-night-roundup-20181106-story.html

[9] ttps://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/pennsylvania-house-district-7

[10] ttps://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-nws-pa-15-nothstein-wild-special-election-20181106-story.html

[11] ttps://www.lehighvalleylive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2018/11/gerrymandering_evident_in_poll.html

[12] ttps://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/mc-nws-pa-15-congress-special-election-winner-20181115-story.html

[13] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 20, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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