Graeme Martin
{{short description|Australian Paralympic sailor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2011}}
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| fullname = Graeme Martin
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| birth_date = 11 March 1949
| birth_place = Perth, Western Australia
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{{MedalSport |Sailing}}
{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}
{{MedalGold | 2000 Sydney |Mixed Three Person Sonar}}
{{MedalBronze | 2008 Beijing |Mixed Three Person Sonar}}
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Graeme Martin, OAM{{cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/886959|title=Martin, Graeme, OAM|publisher=It's an Honour|accessdate=28 January 2012|archive-date=23 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223160628/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=886959&search_type=quick&showInd=true|url-status=live}} is an Australian Paralympic sailor.
Biography
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.{{cite news|title=WA trio go for gold|publisher=The Sunday Times|date=23 July 2000|page=81|first=Neil|last=Smith}} 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. At the Games, he won a gold medal with Robins and Dunross in the Mixed Three Person Sonar event,{{cite web|title=Athlete Search Results|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/886932|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|accessdate=28 January 2012}}{{cite news|title=Age no barrier for former America's Cup Skipper|publisher=The Courier-Mail|date=28 October 2000|page=38|first=Amanda|last=Lulham}} for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia. This gold medal achievement was initially the only medal ever won by Australian sailors at the Games.{{Cite news|url=https://www.seabreeze.com.au/News/Sailing/Gold-Medal-Hero-earns-another-chance_1650442.aspx|title=Gold Medal Hero earns another chance {{!}} Seabreeze|work=seabreeze.com.au|access-date=2017-09-08|language=en}} At the 2008 Beijing Games, he won a bronze medal in the Mixed Three Person Sonar event. At these Games, Martin competed alongside 2 other athletes; Russell Boaden and Colin Harrison.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sailing.org.au/performance/paralympics/paralympic-medallists/|title=Australian Paralympic Sailing Medallists - Australian Sailing|website=www.sailing.org.au|language=en-AU|access-date=2017-09-08}}
In 2020, Martin along with Noel Robins and Jamie Dunross were inducted into the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=27 October 2020|title=2020 Honourees to the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame announced|url=https://www.sailing.org.au/news/2020-honourees-to-the-australian-sailing-hall-of-fame-announced/|access-date=28 October 2020|website=Australian Sailing}}
References
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Category:Australian male sailors (sport)
Category:Paralympic sailors for Australia
Category:Sailors at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Category:Sailors at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Category:Paralympic gold medalists for Australia
Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia
Category:Amputee-category Paralympic competitors
Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Category:Paralympic medalists in sailing
Category:Sailors (sport) from Perth, Western Australia
Category:Sportsmen from Western Australia
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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