Nathan Martin (born December 18, 1989) is an American long distance runner, who specializes in the marathon. He was the winner of the 2026 Los Angeles Marathon. His personal best is 2:10:45, set at the 2023 Grandma's Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota, the record for the fastest American-born black marathoner.[citation needed]
In 2020, he competed in the 2020 United States Olympic Trials.[4] The same year, Martin ran the fastest marathon time by a black man born in the United States at the Marathon Project with a time of 2:11:05, besting Herman Atkins 1979 time of 2:11:52.[3]
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