Patrick Martin (bobsleigh)

Patrick Henry Martin ( born August 19, 1923 in Louisville, New York, † April 21, 1987 in Massena, New York) was an American bobsledder.

Martin was a policeman by profession. At the Olympic Winter Games in 1948 in St. Moritz, he spent four years later in Oslo won the four-man bobsleigh gold medal, respectively the silver medal in two-man and four-man bobsleigh in. At the World Championships he was twice the fastest gun in the four-man, 1949 in Lake Placid and 1950 in Cortina d' Ampezzo. There are also three World Championship silver medals: 1950 Two-Man 1951 in L' Alpe d' Huez in both disciplines.

In North American Championships Martin won twice in the two- (1951, 1956) and three times in the four-man event (1951, 1953, 1956 ), at AAU Championships three times in the two- ( 1955-1957 ) and six times in the four-man ( 1940-1941, 1953-1954, 1956-1957 ).

1948 Winter Olympics 1952 Winter Olympics FIBT World Championships 1949 Lake Placid, New York FIBT World Championships 1950 FIBT World Championships 1951 Amateur Athletic Union List of Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Eduard Scherrer Alfred Neveu Billy Fiske Richard Parke Eddie Eagan Pierre Musy Arnold Gartmann Joseph Beerli Francis Tyler Ed Rimkus Friedrich Kuhn Lorenz Nieberl Franz Kemser Franz Kapus Vic Emery Peter Kirby Doug Anakin John Emery (bobsleigh) Eugenio Monti Luciano De Paolis Edy Hubacher Hans Leutenegger Werner Camichel Meinhard Nehmer Bernhard Germeshausen Bernhard Lehmann Bogdan Musiol Wolfgang Hoppe Roland Wetzig Dietmar Schauerhammer Andreas Kirchner Ekkehard Fasser Kurt Meier Werner Stocker (bobsleigh) Ingo Appelt Olaf Hampel Alexander Szelig Christoph Langen Markus Zimmermann Marco Jakobs Kevin Kuske Carsten Embach Martin Putze Steven Holcomb Curtis Tomasevicz Alexandr Zubkov Alexey Voyevoda Werner Zahn Hanns Kilian Sebastian Huber Fritz Feierabend Friedrich Waller Stanley Benham Sergio Siorpaes Franz Schelle Wolfgang Zimmerer Peter Utzschneider Walter Steinbauer Nevio De Zordo Manfred Schumann Raimund Bethge Horst Bernhardt Heinz Stettler Ingo Voge Steffen Grummt Gustav Weder Donat Acklin Ulf Hielscher Alex Metzger Thomas Lamparter Beat Hefti Manuel Machata Richard Adjei Andreas Bredau Maximilian Arndt
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