Martin Bremer (born 19 March 1970) is a German former
long-distance runner
Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely Aerobic exercise, aerobic in nature and requires endurance, stamina as well as mental strength.
Within e ...
who competed in distances from
5000 metres
The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...
to the
marathon
The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...
. He competed in the 1990s and represented Germany twice internationally, running at the
1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and taking a 5000 m bronze at the
1994 IAAF World Cup The 7th IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations, held on September 9–11, 1994, at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, Engl ...
.
Born in
Dortmund
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, he was a member of
LG Bayer Leverkusen
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until the end of 1994, at which point he was banned from the sport for two years after a positive doping test for excess testosterone. In his professional career he ran in several
road running
Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road. This differs from track and field on a regular track and cross country running over natural terrain.
These events are usually classified as long-distance ac ...
competitions. His greatest achievement on the roads was a win at the
Frankfurt Marathon
The Frankfurt Marathon (official name as of 2016: Mainova Frankfurt Marathon, until 2015: BMW Frankfurt Marathon, until 2010: Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon) is a marathon which has taken place every year in Frankfurt am Main since its inception i ...
, which he did in 1996 in a time of 2:13:38 hours.
Martin Bremer
Association of Road Racing Statisticians
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. Retrieved on 2016-04-21.
International competitions
References
External links
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Living people
1970 births
German male long-distance runners
German male marathon runners
Doping cases in athletics
German sportspeople in doping cases
Sportspeople from Dortmund
Frankfurt Marathon male winners
20th-century German people
21st-century German people