Martyn Lucking Explained

Martyn Lucking
Birth Date:	24 March 1938
Birth Place:	Leigh-on-Sea

Martyn Taylor Lucking (born 24 March 1938 in Leigh-on-Sea) is a British former shot putter.

Athletics career

Lucking competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics.^[1]

He topped the podium for England at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, improving on his runner-up finish to Arthur Rowe when he represented England at the 1958 Games.^{[2] [3] [4]} He also represented Great Britain twice at the European Athletics Championships, competed in the same years as his Commonwealth appearances.

He also represented England in the shot put, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/martyn-lucking-1.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035952/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/martyn-lucking-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 13 May 2012.
2. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cg.htm Commonwealth Games Medallists - Men
3. Web site: Athletes and results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
4. Web site: 1958 Athletes. Team England.
5. Web site: 1970 Athletes. Team England.
6. Web site: Edinburgh, 1970 Team. Team England.