{{short description|British athlete}} {{use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Martin Rush | image = | caption = | sport = Athletics | event = Racewalking | club = Lakeland RWC | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|12|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England | death_date = | death_place = | height =168 cm | weight =51 kg }}

'''Martin Anthony Gavin Rush''' (born 25 December 1964) is a British racewalker who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/martin-rush-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041840/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/martin-rush-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Martin Rush Olympic Results |access-date=3 December 2017}}</ref>

== Biography == Rush finished second behind Ian McCombie in the 10,000 metres walk event at the 1984 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=15 June 2025}}</ref>

He represented England in the 30&nbsp;km walk event, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1986/athletes|title=1986 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3041/19/all|title=England team in 1986|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=6 October 2019|archive-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419153600/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3041/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/37273|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>

Rush became the British 10,000 metres walk champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1992 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=15 June 2025}}</ref> Shortly afterwards he represented Great Britain at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, in the men's 20 kilometres walk.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69454 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=15 June 2025}}</ref>

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