Hermann Martens
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Born | Berlin, Germany | 16 April 1877||||||||||||||
Died | 1916 (aged 38–39) | ||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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1908 | German Olympic Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hermann Martens (16 April 1877 in Berlin – 1916) was a German track cyclist who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]
He won the silver medal together with his teammates Karl Neumer, Max Götze, and Rudolf Katzer in the team pursuit. He also competed in the 660 yards sprint, in the 5000 metres race, in the 20 kilometres, and in the 1000 metre sprint, but was always eliminated in the first round. He also participated in the 100 kilometres race, but was not able to finish the race. In the tandem event together with Alwin Boldt, he was also dropped out in the first round.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Hermann Martens Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ^ "Hermann Martens". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
External links
[edit]- profile
- Hermann Martens at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Hermann Martens at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1877 births
- 1916 deaths
- German male cyclists
- German track cyclists
- Cyclists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Germany
- Olympic cyclists for Germany
- Cyclists from Berlin
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century German sportsmen
- German cycling Olympic medalist stubs