Joseph Martinez
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| Born | 1878 Oran, French Algeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented | France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joseph Martinez (born 1878, date of death unknown) was an Algerian-French gymnast. He competed in the men's individual all-around event at the 1900 Summer Olympics.[4]
Joseph Martinez is officially recognized by both the FIG[5] (the official governing body of the sport of Artistic Gymnastics) and USAG[6] (the official governing body of the sport of Artistic gymnastics within the USA) as the 1903 World All-Around Champion in the sport of Artistic gymnastics.
Martinez attended the international gymnastics tournament in Antwerp the international gymnastics tournament in Antwerp in 1903. As a result of the retrospective awarding of scoring for individual performances when these started to be recognised after 1922, Martinez's performance at the 1903 tournament is scored as the best all-round performance.[7]
References
- ^ a b c "MenuHistoricalMedallists". 9 October 2016. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f "MenuHistoricalMedallists". Archived from the original on 9 October 2016.
- ^ a b "MenuHistoricalMedallists". 9 October 2016. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joseph Martinez Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ The Story Goes On: 125 Ans/Years Federation Internationale Gymnastique 1881-2006 (PDF) (in French and English). International Gymnastics Federation. p. 61.
- ^ "Event History > World Championships – Men's Past Champions". usagym.org. Indianapolis, IN, USA: USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "Joseph Martinez". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 December 2020.