Louis Martin (weightlifter)
![]() Martin getting married, 14 November 1964 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 11 November 1936 Kingston, Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 16 January 2015 (aged 78) Heanor, Derbyshire, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 1958 Commonwealth Games he still represented Jamaica, but the next year he won a world title while competing for Great Britain. At the Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in 1960 and a silver medal in 1964; he failed in the last (clean and jerk) event in 1968. Between 1959 and 1965 he won four world and four European titles and set four world records, though only two became official.[1][2][3]
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.
- ^ 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.
- 1936 births
- 2015 deaths
- Sportspeople from Kingston, Jamaica
- Jamaican male weightlifters
- British male weightlifters
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Jamaica
- Weightlifters at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Weightlifters at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Weightlifters at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Weightlifters at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Olympic weightlifters of Great Britain
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Weightlifters at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- Jamaican emigrants to the United Kingdom
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting