Martin Pike (athlete)
{{Short description|British sprinter (1920–1997)}}
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| name = Martin Pike
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| nationality = British (English)
| sport = Athletics
| event = 440y/400m
| club = Polytechnic Harriers
| birth_date = 12 July 1920
| birth_place = Tendring, Clacton-on-Sea, England
| death_date = 10 January 1997 (aged 77)
| death_place = Taunton, England
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{{MedalSport|Men's athletics}}
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{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1950 Brussels|4×400 m relay}}
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Martin William Pike (12 July 1920 – 10 January 1997) was a British athlete who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/martin-pike-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035650/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/martin-pike-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=9 May 2012}}
Biography
Pike was born in Tendring, Essex. In 1939 he won the AAA Junior Championship title in a record time of 50.8 seconds{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69391 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=16 April 2025}}
Although he lost many promising years of athletics due to World War II, he won the 1947 AAA relay title with his club the Polytechnic Harriers and the 1948 Middlesex quarter-mile championship. Pike represented the Great Britain team at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, where he competed in the 4 x 400 metres relay.{{cite web|url=https://www.teamgb.com/athlete/martin-pike/1w2SR8ie6Emgvo0tVCkW5n |title=Martin Pike |website=Team GB |access-date=16 April 2025}}
He was part of the winning British 4×400 metres relay team at the 1950 European Athletics Championships, with Angus Scott, Leslie Lewis and Derek Pugh.
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Category:People from Tendring (district)
Category:English male sprinters
Category:British male sprinters
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Category:European Athletics Championships medalists
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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