Martin Wayne Nothstein (born February 10, 1971) is an American former professional road bicycle racer and track cyclist. He is a three-time world champion in track events and an Olympic gold and silver medalist. Nothstein ran unsuccessfully as the Republican Party nominee for the 2018

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election in

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and Pennsylvania's 15th district special election.

Early life and education

Nothstein was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, one of five children to Gail Benner Nothstein and Wayne Nothstein, owner of a local automotive business, Nothstein Motors. Nothstein's paternal great grandfather was an accomplished bicycle racer and bare-knuckle prizefighter. Nothstein is a 1989 graduate of

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in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. He attended Penn State University.

Cycling career

Nothstein began cycling in 1987 and made his international debut in 1989 at

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, France. Nothstein won his first world championship medal in

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, winning silver in the

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. He became a double world champion in 1994, winning both sprint and keirin events at the 1994 World Championships while nursing a broken

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. Nothstein again rode with a fractured bone, his kneecap, as part of the U.S. team sprint squad that won the bronze medal at the 1995 World Championships. He won a silver medal in the sprint at the

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. At the

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in Sydney, he became the first American cyclist in 16 years to win an Olympic gold medal, winning the Olympics' cycling sprint. In March 2001, he turned professional with the U.S.-based Mercury Viatel team. He moved to the

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in 2002, where he remained for four years until ending his career in 2006. In 2004, in order to transfer to road riding, he lost 30 pounds compared to his weight at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Post-cycling career

Nothstein retired from competitive cycling after the 2006 season and drove the

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Funny Car for Follow A Dream. Nothstein won two races in the 2007 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series season. The first was at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, Florida in the series’ season opener. The second was in mid-July at Gateway International Raceway in

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. He finished 11th in points in the 2007 NHRA Alcohol Funny Car season. As of 2017, Nothstein was living in Lowhill Township, Pennsylvania and working as executive director of the Valley Preferred Cycling Center. In 2018, Nothstein was terminated from The Valley Preferred Cycling Center, following allegations of

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during his tenure. In November 2020, U.S. District Judge Edward G. Smith dismissed Nothstein’s lawsuit against USA Cycling over its disclosure of a sexual misconduct allegation against him. Smith also held that the decision to suspend Nothstein’s license to compete as a cyclist and place him on a list of suspended riders was within its responsibilities under the federal law that created the

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. In April 2021 Nothstein dropped his appeal of the judge's decision. In December 2021, Nothstein was arrested in

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and charged with two counts of stalking and defiant trespass, and a single count of criminal trespass.

2018 U.S. House campaign

In October 2017 Nothstein announced that he would seek the Republican nomination for

for the 2018 United States House of Representatives election prior to the announcement of the district's Republican incumbent,

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, that he would not run for another term. He lost his bid for Congress in the 7th District to

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Susan Wild, receiving 43.5% of the vote. Nothstein also ran in special election for Charlie Dent's former seat in

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. Nothstein was defeated by Wild in this election as well, receiving 129,593 votes to Wild's 130,353 votes.

Major achievements

;World Championships: :3-Gold Medals – Keirin (1996), Sprint and

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(1994) :2-Silver Medals – Match Sprint (1996), Keirin (1993) :2-Bronze Medals – Keirin, (1997), Team Sprint (1995) ;U.S. National Championships :34-Gold Medals ;1993 :2nd Keirin, Track Cycling World Championships ;1994 :1st Keirin, Track Cycling World Championships :1st Sprint, Track Cycling World Championships ;1995 :1st Sprint, Pan American Games :1st Sprint, Round 6, Manchester, 1995 Track World Cup :2nd Keirin, Round 6, Manchester, 1995 Track World Cup ;1996 :1st Keirin, Track Cycling World Championships :2nd Sprint, Track Cycling World Championships :2nd Sprint,

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:1st Sprint, Round 1, Cali, 1996 Track World Cup :1st Keirin, Round 1, Cali, 1996 Track World Cup :1st Sprint, Round 2, Havanna, 1996 Track World Cup :1st Keirin, Round 2, Havanna, 1996 Track World Cup :1st Sprint, Round 4, Italy, 1996 Track World Cup :1st Keirin, Round 4, Italy, 1996 Track World Cup ;1997 :3rd Keirin, World Track Cycling Championships :1st Sprint, Round 1, Cali, 1997 Track World Cup :1st Keirin, Round 1, Cali, 1997 Track World Cup :1st Sprint, Round 2, Trexlertown, 1997 Track World Cup :2nd Keirin, Round 2, Trexlertown, 1997 Track World Cup :1st Sprint, Round 3, Fiorenzuola, 1997 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics :3rd Sprint, Round 4, Quatro Sant’Elana, 1997 Track World Cup :1st Keirin, Round 4, Quatro Sant’Elana, 1997 Track World Cup :1st Keirin, Round 6, Adelaide, 1997 Track World Cup ;1998 :2nd Sprint, Round 1, Cali, 1998 Track World Cup :3rd Keirin, Round 1, Cali, 1998 Track World Cup :2nd Keirin, Round 2, Victoria, 1998 Track World Cup ;1999 :1st Keirin, Pan American Games :1st Sprint, Pan American Games :1st Team Sprint, Pan American Games :1st Keirin, US National Track Championships ;2000 :1st Sprint,

:1st Keirin, US National Track Championships :1st Sprint, US National Track Championships :1st Team sprint, US National Track Championships ;2001 :2nd Kilo, Round 3, Italy,

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:3rd Keirin, Round 3, Italy, UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics :3rd Keirin, Round 5, Malaysia, UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics :3rd Scratch Race, Goodwill Games :1st Kilo, US National Track Championships :1st Sprint, US National Track Championships :1st Keirin, US National Track Championships ;2002 :1st Scratch Race, US National Track Championships :1st Brick City Classic (USA) :1st Six Days of Moscow (RUS) ;2003 :1st Keirin, US National Track Championships :1st Team sprint, US National Track Championships :1st New York City Cycling Championship (USA) :1st Air Products Finals (Track) (USA) ;2004 :U.S. Olympic Track Cycling Team member :1st Keirin, US National Track Championships :1st Wells Fargo Twilight Criterium (USA) :1st Sprint, Tour of Connecticut (USA) :1st Commerce Bank Criterium (USA) :1st Paul Heller Memorial (USA) :1st Battle of Brilliance Criterium (USA) :1st Team Sprint, USA Track Cup :1st Keirin, USA Track Cup :2nd Stage 2,

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(USA) :3rd Tour de Gastown (CAN) :3rd Bike Jam 2004 (USA) :3rd Bristol Mountain Road Race (USA) ;2005 :1st Tour de Christiana (USA) :1st Silver Spring G.P. Criterium (USA) :1st Harrisburg Criterium (USA) :1st CTS Westfield Criterium (USA) :1st St. Valentine's Day Massacre (USA) :1st El Cajon Downtown G.P. (USA) :3rd D.A.R.E. Grand Prix (USA)

References

External links

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Marty Nothstein Biography at Navigators
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