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American bobsledder

Patrick Martin

Personal information

Full name

Patrick Henry Martin

Nationality

American

Born

(1923-08-19)19 August 1923
Louisville, New York, USA

Died

21 April 1987(1987-04-21) (aged 63)
Massena, New York, USA

Sport

Bobsleigh

Medal record

Men's bobsleigh

Representing the United States
Olympic Games
	1948 St. Moritz	Four-man
	1952 Oslo	Two-man
	1952 Oslo	Four-man
World Championships
	1949 Lake Placid	Four-man
	1950 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Four-man
	1950 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Two-man
	1951 Alpe d'Huez	Two-man
	1951 Alpe d'Huez	Four-man

Patrick Henry "Pat" Martin (August 19, 1923 – April 21, 1987) was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He was born and lived in Massena, New York, 80 miles north of Lake Placid. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won three medals with a gold (Four-man: 1948) and two silvers (Two-man and four-man: both 1952).

Martin also won five medals at the FIBT World Championships with two golds (Four-man: 1949, 1950) and three silvers (Two-man: 1950, 1951; Four-man: 1951).

He is the son of bobsledder Robert Martin and the brother of bobsledder Leo Martin.

References

Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964 (sports123.com) Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964 (sports.yahoo.com) at the Wayback Machine (archived May 22, 2011)
Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931 (sports123.com) at the Wayback Machine (archived September 29, 2007)
Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930 (sports123.com) at the Wayback Machine (archived December 11, 2007)
Pat Martin at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived February 5, 2007)
Pat Martin at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

External links

Patrick Martin at Olympedia (archive)

v t e Olympic champions in four-man bobsleigh
1924: Scherrer, Neveu, A. Schläppi, H. Schläppi (SUI) 1928: Fiske, Tucker, Mason, Gray, Parke (USA) 1932: Fiske, Eagan, Gray, O'Brien (USA) 1936: Musy, Gartmann, Bouvier, Beerli (SUI) 1948: Tyler, Martin, Rimkus, D'Amico (USA) 1952: Ostler, Kuhn, Nieberl, Kemser (GER) 1956: Kapus, Diener, Alt, Angst (SUI) 1964: V. Emery, Kirby, Anakin, J. Emery (CAN) 1968: Monti, de Paolis, Zandonella, Armano (ITA) 1972: Wicki, Hubacher, Leutenegger, Camichel (SUI) 1976: Nehmer, Babock, Germeshausen, Lehmann (GDR) 1980: Nehmer, Musioł, Germeshausen, Gerhardt (GDR) 1984: Hoppe, Wetzig, Schauerhammer, Kirchner (GDR) 1988: Fasser, Meier, Fässler, Stocker (SUI) 1992: Appelt, Winkler, Haidacher, Schroll (AUT) 1994: Czudaj, Brannasch, Hampel, Szelig (GER) 1998: Langen, Zimmerman, Jakobs, Hampel (GER) 2002: Lange, Kühn, Kuske, Embach (GER) 2006: Lange, Hoppe, Putze, Kuske (GER) 2010: Holcomb, Olsen, Mesler, Tomasevicz (USA) 2014: Melbārdis, Vilkaste, Dreiškens, Strenga (LAT) 2018: Friedrich, Bauer, Grothkopp, Margis (GER) 2022: Friedrich, Margis, Bauer, Schüller (GER)

Olympic champions in four-man bobsleigh

1924: Scherrer, Neveu, A. Schläppi, H. Schläppi (SUI)
1928: Fiske, Tucker, Mason, Gray, Parke (USA)
1932: Fiske, Eagan, Gray, O'Brien (USA)
1936: Musy, Gartmann, Bouvier, Beerli (SUI)
1948: Tyler, Martin, Rimkus, D'Amico (USA)
1952: Ostler, Kuhn, Nieberl, Kemser (GER)
1956: Kapus, Diener, Alt, Angst (SUI)
1964: V. Emery, Kirby, Anakin, J. Emery (CAN)
1968: Monti, de Paolis, Zandonella, Armano (ITA)
1972: Wicki, Hubacher, Leutenegger, Camichel (SUI)
1976: Nehmer, Babock, Germeshausen, Lehmann (GDR)
1980: Nehmer, Musioł, Germeshausen, Gerhardt (GDR)
1984: Hoppe, Wetzig, Schauerhammer, Kirchner (GDR)
1988: Fasser, Meier, Fässler, Stocker (SUI)
1992: Appelt, Winkler, Haidacher, Schroll (AUT)
1994: Czudaj, Brannasch, Hampel, Szelig (GER)
1998: Langen, Zimmerman, Jakobs, Hampel (GER)
2002: Lange, Kühn, Kuske, Embach (GER)
2006: Lange, Hoppe, Putze, Kuske (GER)
2010: Holcomb, Olsen, Mesler, Tomasevicz (USA)
2014: Melbārdis, Vilkaste, Dreiškens, Strenga (LAT)
2018: Friedrich, Bauer, Grothkopp, Margis (GER)
2022: Friedrich, Margis, Bauer, Schüller (GER)

v t e World champions in four-man bobsleigh
1930: Italy (Franco Zaninetta, Giorgio Biasini, Antonio Dorini, Gino Rossi (bobsledder)) 1931: Germany (Werner Zahn, Robert Schmidt, Franz Bock, Emil Hinterfeld) 1933: Not held 1934: Germany (Hanns Kilian, Fritz Schwarz, Hermann von Valta, Sebastian Huber) 1935: Germany (Hanns Kilian, Alexander Gruber, Hermann von Valta, Sebastian Huber) 1937: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Patrick Green, Brian Black) 1938: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Patrick Green, Chris Mackintosh) 1939: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Heinz Cattani, Alphonse Hörning, Joseph Beerli) 1947: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Friedrich Waller, Felix Endrich, Stephan Waser) 1949: United States (Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, William Casey, William D'Amico) 1950: United States (Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, James Atkinson, William D'Amico) 1951: West Germany (Andreas Ostler, Xavier Leitl, Michael Pössinger, Lorenz Nieberl) 1953: United States (Lloyd Johnson, Piet Biesiadecki, Hubert Miller, Joseph Smith) 1954: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Harry Warburton, Gottfried Diener, Heinrich Angst) 1955: Switzerland (Franz Kapus, Gottfried Diener, Robert Alt, Heinrich Angst) 1957: Switzerland (Hans Zoller, Hans Theler, Rolf Küderli, Heinz Leu) 1958: West Germany (Hans Rösch, Alfred Hammer, Theodore Bauer, Walter Haller) 1959: United States (Arthur Tyler, Gary Sheffield, Parker Vooris, Charles Thomas Butler) 1960–61: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes, Furio Nordio, Renzo Alverà) 1962: West Germany (Franz Schelle, Josef Sterff, Ludwig Siebert, Otto Göbl) 1963: Italy (Sergio Zardini, Ferruccio Dalla Torre, Renato Mocellini, Romano Bonagura) 1965: Canada (Vic Emery, Gerald Presley, Michael Young, Peter Kirby) 1966: West Germany (Toni Pensperger (posthumous), Ludwig Siebert, Helmut Werzer, Roland Ebert) 1967: Cancelled to weather conditions 1969: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Walter Steinbauer, Stefan Gaisreiter) 1970: Italy (Nevio de Zordo, Roberto Zandonella, Mario Armano, Luciano de Paolis) 1971: Switzerland (René Stadler, Max Forster, Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer) 1973: Switzerland (René Stadler, Werner Carmichel, Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer) 1974: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Manfred Schumann, Albert Wurzer) 1975: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer, Werner Carmichel, Joseph Benz) 1977: East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer, Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, Raimund Bethge) 1978: East Germany (Horst Schönau, Horst Bernhard, Harald Seifert, Bogdan Musioł) 1979: West Germany (Stefan Gaisreiter, Dieter Gebard, Hans Wagner, Heinz Busche) 1981: East Germany (Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, Henry Gerlach, Michael Trübner) 1982: Switzerland (Silvio Giobellina, Heinz Stettler, Urs Salzmann, Rico Freiermuth) 1983: Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser, Hans Märcy, Kurt Poletti, Rolf Strittmatter) 1985: East Germany (Bernhard Lehmann, Matthias Trübner, Ingo Voge, Steffen Grummt) 1986: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Kurt Meier, Erwin Fassbind, André Kiser) 1987: Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand, Urs Fehlmann, Erwin Fassbind, André Kiser) 1989–90: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Bruno Gerber, Lorenz Schindelholz, Curdin Morell) 1991: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musioł, Axel Kühn, Christoph Langen) 1993: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Donat Acklin, Kurt Meier, Domenico Semeraro) 1995: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, René Hannemann, Ulf Hielscher, Carsten Embach) 1996: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Rühr, Olaf Hampel) 1997: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Sven Rühr, René Hannemann, Carsten Embach) 1999: France (Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache, Éric Le Chanony, Max Robert) 2000: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Lars Behrendt, Carsten Embach) 2001: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Peter, Alex Metzger) 2003: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Carsten Embach) 2004: Germany (André Lange, Udo Lehmann, Kevin Kuske, René Hoppe) 2005: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze) 2007: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg, Thomas Lamparter, Beat Hefti, Cédric Grand) 2008: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze) 2009: United States (Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, Curtis Tomasevicz) 2011: Germany (Manuel Machata, Richard Adjei, Andreas Bredau, Christian Poser) 2012: United States (Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steven Langton, Curtis Tomasevicz) 2013: Germany (Maximilian Arndt, Marko Hübenbecker, Alexander Rödiger, Martin Putze) 2015: Germany (Maximilian Arndt, Alexander Rödiger, Kevin Korona, Ben Heber) 2016: Latvia (Oskars Melbārdis, Daumants Dreiškens, Arvis Vilkaste, Jānis Strenga) 2017: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Candy Bauer, Martin Grothkopp, Thorsten Margis) & (Johannes Lochner, Matthias Kagerhuber, Joshua Bluhm, Christian Rasp) 2019: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Candy Bauer, Martin Grothkopp, Thorsten Margis) 2020: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Candy Bauer, Martin Grothkopp, Alexander Schüller) 2021: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis, Candy Bauer, Alexander Schüller) 2023: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis, Candy Bauer, Alexander Schüller) 2024: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis, Alexander Schüller, Felix Straub)

World champions in four-man bobsleigh

1930: Italy (Franco Zaninetta, Giorgio Biasini, Antonio Dorini, Gino Rossi (bobsledder))
1931: Germany (Werner Zahn, Robert Schmidt, Franz Bock, Emil Hinterfeld)
1933: Not held
1934: Germany (Hanns Kilian, Fritz Schwarz, Hermann von Valta, Sebastian Huber)
1935: Germany (Hanns Kilian, Alexander Gruber, Hermann von Valta, Sebastian Huber)
1937: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Patrick Green, Brian Black)
1938: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Patrick Green, Chris Mackintosh)
1939: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Heinz Cattani, Alphonse Hörning, Joseph Beerli)
1947: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Friedrich Waller, Felix Endrich, Stephan Waser)
1949: United States (Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, William Casey, William D'Amico)
1950: United States (Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, James Atkinson, William D'Amico)
1951: West Germany (Andreas Ostler, Xavier Leitl, Michael Pössinger, Lorenz Nieberl)
1953: United States (Lloyd Johnson, Piet Biesiadecki, Hubert Miller, Joseph Smith)
1954: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Harry Warburton, Gottfried Diener, Heinrich Angst)
1955: Switzerland (Franz Kapus, Gottfried Diener, Robert Alt, Heinrich Angst)
1957: Switzerland (Hans Zoller, Hans Theler, Rolf Küderli, Heinz Leu)
1958: West Germany (Hans Rösch, Alfred Hammer, Theodore Bauer, Walter Haller)
1959: United States (Arthur Tyler, Gary Sheffield, Parker Vooris, Charles Thomas Butler)
1960–61: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes, Furio Nordio, Renzo Alverà)
1962: West Germany (Franz Schelle, Josef Sterff, Ludwig Siebert, Otto Göbl)
1963: Italy (Sergio Zardini, Ferruccio Dalla Torre, Renato Mocellini, Romano Bonagura)
1965: Canada (Vic Emery, Gerald Presley, Michael Young, Peter Kirby)
1966: West Germany (Toni Pensperger (posthumous), Ludwig Siebert, Helmut Werzer, Roland Ebert)
1967: Cancelled to weather conditions
1969: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Walter Steinbauer, Stefan Gaisreiter)
1970: Italy (Nevio de Zordo, Roberto Zandonella, Mario Armano, Luciano de Paolis)
1971: Switzerland (René Stadler, Max Forster, Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer)
1973: Switzerland (René Stadler, Werner Carmichel, Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer)
1974: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Manfred Schumann, Albert Wurzer)
1975: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer, Werner Carmichel, Joseph Benz)
1977: East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer, Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, Raimund Bethge)
1978: East Germany (Horst Schönau, Horst Bernhard, Harald Seifert, Bogdan Musioł)
1979: West Germany (Stefan Gaisreiter, Dieter Gebard, Hans Wagner, Heinz Busche)
1981: East Germany (Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, Henry Gerlach, Michael Trübner)
1982: Switzerland (Silvio Giobellina, Heinz Stettler, Urs Salzmann, Rico Freiermuth)
1983: Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser, Hans Märcy, Kurt Poletti, Rolf Strittmatter)
1985: East Germany (Bernhard Lehmann, Matthias Trübner, Ingo Voge, Steffen Grummt)
1986: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Kurt Meier, Erwin Fassbind, André Kiser)
1987: Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand, Urs Fehlmann, Erwin Fassbind, André Kiser)
1989–90: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Bruno Gerber, Lorenz Schindelholz, Curdin Morell)
1991: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musioł, Axel Kühn, Christoph Langen)
1993: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Donat Acklin, Kurt Meier, Domenico Semeraro)
1995: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, René Hannemann, Ulf Hielscher, Carsten Embach)
1996: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Rühr, Olaf Hampel)
1997: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Sven Rühr, René Hannemann, Carsten Embach)
1999: France (Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache, Éric Le Chanony, Max Robert)
2000: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Lars Behrendt, Carsten Embach)
2001: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Peter, Alex Metzger)
2003: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Carsten Embach)
2004: Germany (André Lange, Udo Lehmann, Kevin Kuske, René Hoppe)
2005: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze)
2007: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg, Thomas Lamparter, Beat Hefti, Cédric Grand)
2008: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze)
2009: United States (Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, Curtis Tomasevicz)
2011: Germany (Manuel Machata, Richard Adjei, Andreas Bredau, Christian Poser)
2012: United States (Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steven Langton, Curtis Tomasevicz)
2013: Germany (Maximilian Arndt, Marko Hübenbecker, Alexander Rödiger, Martin Putze)
2015: Germany (Maximilian Arndt, Alexander Rödiger, Kevin Korona, Ben Heber)
2016: Latvia (Oskars Melbārdis, Daumants Dreiškens, Arvis Vilkaste, Jānis Strenga)
2017: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Candy Bauer, Martin Grothkopp, Thorsten Margis) & (Johannes Lochner, Matthias Kagerhuber, Joshua Bluhm, Christian Rasp)
2019: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Candy Bauer, Martin Grothkopp, Thorsten Margis)
2020: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Candy Bauer, Martin Grothkopp, Alexander Schüller)
2021: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis, Candy Bauer, Alexander Schüller)
2023: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis, Candy Bauer, Alexander Schüller)
2024: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis, Alexander Schüller, Felix Straub)

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