Gael Martin

Gael Martin

Personal information
Born	27 August 1956
Medal record Women's Athletics Competitor for  Australia Olympic Games Bronze 1984 Los Angeles Shot Put Commonwealth Games Gold 1978 Edmonton Shot Put Gold 1986 Edinburgh Shot Put Gold 1986 Edinburgh Discus Silver 1978 Edmonton Discus Silver 1982 Brisbane Shot Put Silver 1982 Brisbane Discus

Gael Patricia Mulhall-Martin (born 27 August 1956 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former Australian athlete, daughter of footballer Ken Mulhall, an Australian rules footballer with the St Kilda Football Club.

She competed in the shot put and in the discus throw.

She won the bronze medal in women's shot put at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States, becoming the first Australian (male or female) to win an Olympic medal in a throwing event.

Mulhall competed in four successive Commonwealth Games events from 1974, winning double gold in Shot Put and Discus at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.

Coached by Franz Stampfl, she won a total of 20 senior Australian national championships in her career.^[1]

At the 1981 Pan Pacific Conference Games she was tested positive for the use of anabolic steroids and received an 18 month ban.^[2]

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