Peter Raymon Martin (born 23 February 1962) is a

Paralympian The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

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from New Zealand competing in seated throwing events. He is a farmer, and became quadriplegic after sustaining a spinal injury in a farm bike accident. He competes in the F52 classification.

Biography

Martin won the shot put in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Paralympics. He also won the javelin in

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and a silver in

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. Other events he has medalled in are the

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Pentathlon and the 2004 discus throw, making 2004 his most successful year with two gold medals and one bronze. He made a comeback for the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

; he reached finals but did not medal in his shot put and javelin events. Immediately prior to these games, he inadvertently took a banned substance for medical reasons. He was reprimanded but cleared to compete. Martin remains the current F52 world record holder in javelin and has previously held world records in shot put and pentathlon. In the

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, Martin was made a

Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have ren ...

, for services to paralympic sport.New Year Honours List 2005
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 2 January 2013.

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* * Paralympic athletes for New Zealand Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for New Zealand Paralympic silver medalists for New Zealand Paralympic bronze medalists for New Zealand Living people Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit World record holders in para-athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics New Zealand male javelin throwers New Zealand male shot putters 1962 births People with tetraplegia Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Wheelchair javelin throwers Wheelchair shot putters Paralympic javelin throwers Paralympic shot putters {{NewZealand-Paralympic-medalist-stub