# Martin Rush

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{{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](/source/racewalking) who competed at the [1992 Summer Olympics](/source/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](/source/Ian_McCombie) in the 10,000 metres walk event at the [1984 AAA Championships](/source/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](/source/England_at_the_1986_Commonwealth_Games) in the 30&nbsp;km walk event, at the [1986 Commonwealth Games](/source/1986_Commonwealth_Games) in [Edinburgh](/source/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](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_10%2C000_metres_walk) after winning the British [AAA Championships](/source/AAA_Championships) title at the [1992 AAA Championships](/source/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](/source/Great_Britain_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics) at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, in the [men's 20 kilometres walk](/source/Athletics_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_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>

== References ==
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Category:1964 births
Category:Living people
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:British men race walkers
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England
Category:People from Horncastle, Lincolnshire
Category:Sportspeople from Lincolnshire

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