Martin Reynolds (athlete)

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Martin Reynolds
Personal information
Born22 February 1949
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1972 Munich 4x400 m relay
Summer Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1970 Turin 200 m
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1970 Edinburgh 4x100 m relay

Martin Edward Reynolds (born 22 February 1949) is a former British track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 200 metres. [1]

Athletics career

He competed for Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany where he won the silver medal with his team mates Alan Pascoe, David Hemery and David Jenkins in the men's 4x400 metres relay event.

He had to switch to the 400 metres in the Olympic year which was also the year of his final exams at university. He competed in more 400 metres events at Munich than he had done in his entire career up to that point.

He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Martin Reynolds Biography and Olympic Results". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. "1970 Athletes". Team England.
  3. "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
  4. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.