Patrick Henry "Pat" Martin (August 19, 1923 – April 21, 1987) was an American

bobsled Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of 2 to 4 athletes make timed speed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobs ...

der who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He was born and lived in

Massena, New York Massena is a town in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. Massena is along the county's northern border, just south of the St. Lawrence River and the Three Nations Crossing of the Canada–United States border. The population was 12 ...

, 80 miles north of Lake Placid. Competing in two

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, he won three medals with a gold (Four-man:

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...

) and two silvers (Two-man and four-man: both

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ...

). Martin also won five medals at the

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with two golds (Four-man:

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis ...

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...

) and three silvers (Two-man: 1950,

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...

; Four-man: 1951). He is the son of bobsledder Robert Martin and the brother of bobsledder

Leo Martin Leo Martin ( sr-cyr, Лео Мартин, born on 6 March 1942) is a Serbian and former Yugoslav pop singer. He started his career in the early 1960s in jazz bands as an instrumentalist and vocalist. In 1964, he moved with his band to West Germa ...

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Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964 (sports123.com)
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1923 births 1987 deaths American male bobsledders Bobsledders at the 1948 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 1952 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in bobsleigh Olympic silver medalists for the United States in bobsleigh Medalists at the 1948 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics People from Massena, New York 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub