Martin Hyman
{{Short description|British long-distance runner (1933–2021)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Martin Hyman
| image =
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| nationality = British (English)
| sport = Athletics
| event = Long-distance running
| club = Portsmouth AC
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1933|07|03}}
| birth_place = Southampton, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2021|04|03|1933|07|03}}
| death_place = Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland
| height =178 cm
| weight =66 kg
}}
Martin Hyman (3 July 1933 – 3 April 2021) was a British long-distance runner who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69179 |title=Martin Hyman |work=Olympedia |access-date=26 November 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/63295-2/ |title=Martin Hyman obituary |work=Scottish Athletics |date=6 April 2021 |access-date=6 April 2021}}
Biography
Hyman never had a coach; he educated himself in training theories, working with his Portsmouth team-mate Bruce Tulloh. Since Hyman reserved only one hour in his day for training (except for Sundays when he often ran for 2 hours or more), he devised sessions that used the sixty minutes effectively. He regularly ran around 50 miles a week and never went over 70. More than most successful running careers, Hyman's was based on intelligence and determination. Running became an outlet for his driven personality, and he had the self-discipline to get the most out of himself while at the same time living a full life as a teacher and family man.{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpast.ca/john_contents.php?id=299 |title=Martin Hyman profile |work= Racing Past - the history of middle and long distance running|access-date=6 April 2021}}
Hyman competed in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hy/martin-hyman-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042900/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hy/martin-hyman-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Martin Hyman Olympic Results |access-date=13 November 2017}} He also represented England in the 6 miles race at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/cardiff-1958/athletes|title=1958 Athletes|publisher=Team England}} Four years later, he competed in both the 6 miles race and the marathon at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/38127|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}
Hyman was on the podium three times at the AAA Championships, finishing second behind Gordon Pirie at the 1960 AAA Championships{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=2 May 2025}} and third at both the 1958 AAA Championships{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19580713/014/0014 |title=Ibbotson quits... Pirie flops |work=Sunday Sun (Newcastle) |date=13 July 1958 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=2 May 2025}} and 1962 AAA Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=2 May 2025}}
In addition to athletics, Hyman played a key role in the development of elite orienteering in Britain during the 1980s and 1990s as founder and running coach of the British Orienteering Squad. He was part of the team during that period that progressed the Squad from a very low level to world class.
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes from Southampton
Category:British male long-distance runners
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England