Leo Martin

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameLeo James•Martin
Used nameLeo•Martin
Born8 February 1921 in Louisville, New York (USA)
Died6 January 1981 in Rochester, New York (USA)
AffiliationsSaranac Lake Bobsled Club
NOC United States

Biography

Saranac Lake’s Leo Martin rode as brakeman for Tuffy Latour at the 1948 Winter Olympics. Martin was from a renowned bobsled family, as the son of Robert Martin, who slid at the 1936 Winter Olympics, and the brother of Pat Martin, who won multiple US and North American titles and competed at the 1948 and 1952 Winter Olympics. Leo Martin’s only US Championship came in the 1940 4-man, on a sled driven by Katherine Dewey, the only woman to win a US bobsled title in open races.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1948 Winter Olympics Bobsleigh (Bobsleigh) USA Leo Martin
Two, Men (Olympic) Tuffy Latour 9

Olympic family relations