{{Short description|Australian sports administrator (1932–2021)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} '''Leslie "Les" John Martyn''' MBE (26 January 1932 – 31 August 2021) was an Australian sports administrator. He was President of the Australian Weightlifting Federation, Confederation of Australian Sport and the Australian Commonwealth Games Association.
== Sport Administration Career ==
=== Weightlifting === Martyn was one of first coaches of weightlifting in Australia. He was President of the Australian Weightlifting Federation 1971 to 1983. He was an Executive Board Member International Weightlifting Federation 1981 to 1994. He was President of the Oceania Weightlifting Federation from 1980 to 1983.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Hall of Fame|url=https://www.awf.com.au/family/history/hall-of-fame|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=27 October 2020|website=Australian Weightlifting Federation}}</ref>
=== Confederation of Australian Sport === In 1976, Martyn played an important role in the establishment of the Confederation of Australian Sport which was an outcome of the poor performance of the Australian team at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Les Martyn|url=https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/leslie-martyn/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=27 October 2020|website=Sport Australia Hall of Fame}}</ref> He was the chairman of the Development Committee and member on the Government Liaison Committee. He was president from 1983 to 1987. He was the inaugural chairman of the Australian Coaching Council.<ref name=":1" />
=== Australian Commonwealth Games Association === Martyn was the Weightlifting Manager/Coach for the Australian Team at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Assistant General Manager at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games and General Manager at 1978 Commonwealth Games. He was Chairman of the Australian Commonwealth Games Association from 1979 to 1987.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Australian Commonwealth Games Association|title=Australian team : Glasgow 2014, handbook 23 July - 3 August.|publisher=Australian Commonwealth Games Association|year=2014|isbn=|location=Melbourne|pages=}}</ref> As Chairman, he played a significant role in the organisation of the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games.
== Recognition == * 1978 - Order of the British Empire - Member (Civil)<ref name=":1" /> * 1988 - Confederation of Australian Sport Life Member<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=CAS Roll of Honour|url=https://www.sportforall.com.au/cas-honour-roll/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=27 October 2020|website=Confederation of Australian Sport}}</ref> * 1989 - General Member Sport Australia Hall of Fame<ref name=":1" /> * 2000 - Australian Sports Medal * Australian Weightlifting Hall of Fame<ref name=":0" /> * Life Member Australian Commonwealth Games Association * Life Member Oceania Weightlifting Federation<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Latest News|url=https://websites.sportstg.com/get_file.cgi?id=1501552|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=27 October 2020|website=Oceania Weightlifting Federation}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{Sport Australia Hall of Fame|leslie-martyn|Leslie Martyn MBE}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Martyn, Les}} Category:1932 births Category:2021 deaths Category:Australian Members of the Order of the British Empire Category:Australian sports executives and administrators