Joseph Martinez (gymnast)

Born1878

Oran, French Algeria

DiedUnknown

Country
represented France

Joseph Martinez
Martinez in 1909
Personal information
Born	1878 Oran, French Algeria
Died	Unknown
Gymnastics career
Country represented	France
Medal record Representing  France World Championships 1903 Antwerp Team[1] 1903 Antwerp All-around[2] 1903 Antwerp Rings[2] 1903 Antwerp Parallel Bars[2] 1903 Antwerp Horizontal Bar[2] 1905 Bordeaux Team[1] 1905 Bordeaux Parallel Bars[2] 1905 Bordeaux Horizontal Bar[3] 1909 Luxembourg Team[1] 1909 Luxembourg Parallel Bars[2] 1909 Luxembourg Horizontal Bar[3]

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]