{{Short description|British sprinter (born 1946)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Martin Winbolt-Lewis | image = | caption = | nationality = British (English) | sport = Athletics | event = Sprinting/400 metres | club = Cambridge University AC<br>Achilles Club<br>London AC | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|11|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Haslemere, England | death_date = | death_place = | height =185 cm | weight =73 kg | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|British Empire & Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalBronze| 1966 Kingston | 4 x 440y relay}} {{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Summer Universiade}} {{MedalSilver|1970 Turin|800m}} }}
'''Martin John Winbolt-Lewis''' (born 14 November 1946) is a British former sprinter who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/martin-winbolt-lewis-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041514/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/martin-winbolt-lewis-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Martin Winbolt-Lewis Olympic Results |accessdate=1 August 2017}}</ref>
== Biography == Winbolt-Lewis studied at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19661109/571/0022 |title=Athletics Freshman gets fine treble |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=9 November 1966 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 May 2025}}</ref>
Winbolt-Lewis represented England and won a bronze medal in the 4 x 440 yards relay, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kingston-1966/athletes |title=Kingston 1966 Team |website=Team England |access-date=10 May 2025 }}</ref>
Winbolt-Lewis became the British 440 yards champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1968 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000729/19680714/220/0021 |title=White City results |work=The People |date=14 July 1968 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 May 2025}}</ref><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=10 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=10 May 2025}}</ref>
Later that year at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, he represented Great Britain in the men's 400 metres.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69609 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=10 May 2025}}</ref>
Two years later he represented England again and competed in the 800 metres, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/37784|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970/athletes|title=1970 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970|title=Edinburgh, 1970 Team|publisher=Team England}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Winbolt-Lewis, Martin}} Category:1946 births Category:Living people Category:People from Haslemere Category:Sportspeople from Surrey Category:English men sprinters Category:British men sprinters Category:English men middle-distance runners Category:British men middle-distance runners Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Great Britain Category:Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Category:Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Category:Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics