Eamonn Martin


Eamonn Thomas Martin is a male English former elite long distance runner.

Athletics career

Martin is the most recent British male winner of the London Marathon, where he recorded a time of 2:10:50, winning the 1993 race in a sprint finish against the Mexican athlete Isidro Rico. The race was Martin’s début marathon and he went on to win the Chicago Marathon in 1995.
As a junior, Eamonn Martin won a national title at the English Schools Athletics Association Cross-Country Championships in 1973 ahead of runner-up Steve Ovett. He went on to compete at the top level in track, cross country, and road racing. He was the National Cross-Country Champion in 1984 and 1992 and he won the Belfast International Cross Country race in 1991, and he is the current English Cross-Country team manager. Martin had disappointing races at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing thirteenth in the 1984 Olympic 5000-metre final and dropping out of the 1988 Olympic 10,000-metre final.
He represented England and won a gold medal in the 10,000 metres event in a time of 28:08.56, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. Four years later he represented England, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Personal life

Martin currently works for HORIBA MIRA Ltd., and formerly worked for Ford. In 1993 his son, also called Eamonn Martin, was born. His daughters, Lydia born 1986, and Rose born 1989, are active runners.

International competitions

Professional marathons