Career
Martin was only 12 years old when he first tried Freestyle BMX at his local park. [6] In 2012 he traveled overseas for the first time and won his first international competition. [7]
Martin debuted at the X-Games by taking Park silver at Austin 2016—the first rookie to score a BMX Park medal since Brazilian Diogo Canina in 2008.
In the 2022 Australia Day Honours Martin was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia. [8]
2020 Olympics
In July 2021, Martin took part in the first ever BMX Freestyle competition at the Summer Olympics. In the seeding round, he was the only cyclist to score above 90 points and clinched the last start order in the finals. Martin scored 93.30 in the first final run, combining backflips, front flips and 540 flares, and went into the top spot. [9] As no other competitors surpassed him in the second run, he won the gold medal which was the first for Australia in cycling since 2012. [10] In the second run Martin missed a pedal and spent the rest of his run fist pumping to the audience. [9]
2024 Olympics
In June 2024, Martin qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. While he was finalising his Games preparation in Belgium, he had personal items stolen when thieves broke into a van in Brussels. [11] At the Olympics, Martin qualified for the final with the third-best score. But the next day he clipped the edge of a jump on a trick before the end of the first run and landed heavily after a double flare and rode out in the second run. Martin finished ninth and last in the final.
Personal life
In 2017, Martin moved to the Gold Coast. [12] In 2019, he built his own competition-sized (30 by 15-metre) BMX park in his backyard after his local training facility closed, at a cost of $70,000. [13] This meant that during the COVID-19 pandemic related lockdowns, he was able to remain training without leaving his property. [14] Martin had his first child, Noah Alexander, with partner Kimberley in 2019. [15]
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