Marvin Nash

{{Short description|Canadian sprinter (1953–2023)}}

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| nationality = Canadian

| sport = Sprinting

| event = 100 metres

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1953|12|7|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kingston, Jamaica

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|1|20|1953|12|7|df=yes}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's athletics }}

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{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }}

{{MedalBronze | 1975 Mexico City | 4 x 100 m relay }}

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Marvin Nash (7 December 1953 – 20 January 2023) was a Canadian sprinter who competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/marvin-nash-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418011453/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/marvin-nash-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Marvin Nash Olympic Results |accessdate=3 July 2017}}

He won a silver medal at the 1975 Summer Universiade 4 × 100 metres relay (with Al Dukowski, Bryan Saunders, and Bob Martin) and a bronze medal in the 1975 Pan American Games in the same category (with Hugh Fraser, Albin Dukowski, and Bob Martin). He also competed at the 1978 Commonwealth Games and the 1979 Pan American Games.{{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Marvin Nash |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/66187 |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=www.olympedia.org}}

In the early 1990s, Nash went to prison for selling crack cocaine to an undercover police officer.

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