Summary
Graeme Martin, OAM[1] is an Australian Paralympic sailor.
 2000 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Martin | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Graeme Martin | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 March 1949 Perth, Western Australia | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography edit
Martin was born on 11 March 1949 in Perth, Western Australia. Formerly a firefighter, his left leg was amputated after an accident that occurred while he was fighting a fire caused by arson at a winery in the Perth suburb of Caversham.[2] In 2000, he won the North American championship for disabled persons in St. Petersburg, Florida with Noel Robins and Jamie Dunross, in preparation for the 2000 Sydney Games.[2] At the Games, he won a gold medal with Robins and Dunross in the Mixed Three Person Sonar event,[3][4] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.[1] This gold medal achievement was initially the only medal ever won by Australian sailors at the Games.[5] At the 2008 Beijing Games, he won a bronze medal in the Mixed Three Person Sonar event.[3] At these Games, Martin competed alongside 2 other athletes; Russell Boaden and Colin Harrison.[6]
In 2020, Martin along with Noel Robins and Jamie Dunross were inducted into the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame.[7]
References edit
- ^ a b "Martin, Graeme, OAM". It's an Honour. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ a b Smith, Neil (23 July 2000). "WA trio go for gold". The Sunday Times. p. 81.
- ^ a b "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ Lulham, Amanda (28 October 2000). "Age no barrier for former America's Cup Skipper". The Courier-Mail. p. 38.
- ^ "Gold Medal Hero earns another chance | Seabreeze". seabreeze.com.au. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ "Australian Paralympic Sailing Medallists - Australian Sailing". www.sailing.org.au. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ "2020 Honourees to the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame announced". Australian Sailing. 27 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.