Paul Martin (athlete)

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Douglas Lowe (left) and Paul Martin in 1924

Paul Martin (born August 11, 1901 in Geneva , † April 28, 1987 in Lausanne ) was a Swiss athlete who mainly competed on the 800-meter course .

Career

Martin competed for Switzerland at five Olympic Games. In 1920 in Antwerp he was eliminated in advance. Four years later, at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, Martin won his prelude. In the intermediate run the first three of each run advanced and Martin took third place in the first intermediate run. In the final, Martin ran in 1: 52.6 minutes to second place behind Douglas Lowe and received the silver medal.

At the Olympic Games in 1928 , Martin competed on both middle distances. After he was eliminated in fourth over 800 meters behind his French namesake Séra Martin , he reached the final over 1500 meters and finished sixth in 3: 58.4 minutes. Since S. Martin was also sixth in his final, a francophone runner with the surname Martin took sixth place on both middle distances . Paul Martin also started in Los Angeles in 1932 and in Berlin in 1936 on both medium-haul routes, but retired in the preliminary stages. In 1936 Martin also took part in the Olympic art competitions as a writer , but was unable to place himself.

Paul Martin had a competition weight of 63 kg with a height of 1.75 m. He initially started for Cercle des Sports Lausanne, and later for Stade Lausanne.

After receiving his doctorate in 1929, Martin lived in the United States for two years to train as a surgeon. In 1952 he published Au dixiéme de Seconde in Geneva . For this book he received the French Sports Literature Prize. His training was mainly based on his basic speed, his training scope was rather small.

Top performances

  • 47.8 s (1928) over 400 meters
  • 1: 51.8 min (1928) over 800 meters
  • 3: 58.1 min (1934) over 1500 meters

Martin set a total of 18 Swiss national records. While Willy Schärer replaced him as the national record holder for 1500 meters in 1923, his 800 meter record held until 1955, when Josef Steger was faster.

literature

  • Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 , (especially p. 467, note 16).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arnd Krüger : Many roads lead to Olympia. The changes in training systems for medium and long distance runners (1850–1997). In: N. Gissel (Hrsg.): Sporting performance in change. Czwalina, Hamburg 1998, pp. 41-56.
  2. ↑ Swiss Athletics Association: Swiss Athletics 2001 . Pages 385 and 387
personal data
SURNAME Martin, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss athlete
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Geneva
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1987
Place of death Lausanne