![]() 2000 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Martin | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Graeme Martin | ||||||||||||||
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Born | 11 March 1949 Perth, Western Australia | ||||||||||||||
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Graeme Martin, OAM [1] is an Australian Paralympic sailor.
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. [2] 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. [2] At the Games, he won a gold medal with Robins and Dunross in the Mixed Three Person Sonar event, [3] [4] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia. [1] This gold medal achievement was initially the only medal ever won by Australian sailors at the Games. [5] At the 2008 Beijing Games, he won a bronze medal in the Mixed Three Person Sonar event. [3] At these Games, Martin competed alongside 2 other athletes; Russell Boaden and Colin Harrison. [6]
In 2020, Martin along with Noel Robins and Jamie Dunross were inducted into the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame. [7]
![]() 2000 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Martin | |||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Graeme Martin | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Born | 11 March 1949 Perth, Western Australia | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Graeme Martin, OAM [1] is an Australian Paralympic sailor.
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. [2] 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. [2] At the Games, he won a gold medal with Robins and Dunross in the Mixed Three Person Sonar event, [3] [4] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia. [1] This gold medal achievement was initially the only medal ever won by Australian sailors at the Games. [5] At the 2008 Beijing Games, he won a bronze medal in the Mixed Three Person Sonar event. [3] At these Games, Martin competed alongside 2 other athletes; Russell Boaden and Colin Harrison. [6]
In 2020, Martin along with Noel Robins and Jamie Dunross were inducted into the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame. [7]