Martin Hawkins

Martin Hawkins
Martin Hawkins (1912)
Full name	Martin William Hawkins
nation	United States
birthday	February 20, 1888
place of birth	Sweden
size	175 cm
Weight	68 kg
date of death	October 27, 1959
Place of death	Portland ,  USA
Career
discipline	Hurdles
Best performance	110 m hurdles: 15.2 s
society	Multnomah AC Portland
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Olympic games bronze Stockholm 1912 110 m hurdles

Martin Hawkins ( Martin William Hawkins ; February 20, 1888 , † October 27, 1959 in Portland , Oregon ) was an American athlete who specialized in the 110 m hurdles . He was born in Sweden ; his original surname was Håkansson .

Hawkins first appeared in 1911 with a time of 15.4 seconds. The following year, 1912, he took part in the eliminations for the Olympic Games in Stockholm . In addition to his specialty, he also competed in javelin throwing, although he had not placed in any of these disciplines at the state championships. He finished second over the hurdles in 15.6 seconds and thus bought the Olympic ticket. In the javelin throw, however, he only managed a modest 40.75 m, with which he would have had just as little chance in Stockholm as the reigning champion Harry Lott , who won the eliminations with the record distance of 50.63 m. So he only started over the 110 m hurdles. After winning his pre- and semi-final run in 16.1 and 15.7 seconds respectively, he won the bronze medal in the final with his personal best of 15.3 seconds behind his compatriots Fred Kelly (15.1 seconds) and James Wendell (15.2 s).

Martin Hawkins was 1.75 m tall, weighed 68 kg and started for the Multnomah AC in Portland. The graduate of the University of Oregon worked as a lawyer and judge after completing his athletic career.

Web links

• Martin Hawkins in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Martin Hawkins in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English)

Footnotes

1. ↑ The University of Oregon Official Athletics Web Site: Bio: Martin Hawkins ( Memento of the original from February 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Scene from the 1912 Olympics finals:
Hawkins in the background as 2nd from left