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{{Short description|Australian shot putter, discus thrower and powerlifter}}
{{about|the Australian athlete|the Australian econometrician|Gael M. Martin}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| nationality = {{flagu|Australia}}
| fullname = Gael Patricia Mulhall-Martin 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1956|8|27}}
| birth_place = [[Melbourne]]<ref name=sports-reference>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Gael Mulhall-Martin |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mu/gael-mulhall-martin-1.html |accessdate=13 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912091902/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mu/gael-mulhall-martin-1.html |archivedate=12 September 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref>
| height = 175 cm
| weight = 98 kg
| country = {{flagu|Australia}}
| sport = [[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]
| event = [[Shot put]]
| headercolor = lightsteelblue
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Women's [[athletics (sport)|athletics]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{flagu|Australia}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalBronze| [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] |[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put|Shot put]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Commonwealth Games]] }}
{{MedalGold| [[1978 Commonwealth Games|1978 Edmonton]] | [[Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games|Shot Put]] }}
{{MedalGold| [[1986 Commonwealth Games|1986 Edinburgh]] | [[Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games|Shot Put]] }}
{{MedalGold| [[1986 Commonwealth Games|1986 Edinburgh]] | [[Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games|Discus]] }}
{{MedalSilver| [[1978 Commonwealth Games|1978 Edmonton]] | [[Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games|Discus]] }}
{{MedalSilver| [[1982 Commonwealth Games|1982 Brisbane]] | [[Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|Shot Put]] }}
{{MedalSilver| [[1982 Commonwealth Games|1982 Brisbane]] | [[Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|Discus]] }}
{{MedalSport | Women's [[powerlifting]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[International Powerlifting Federation|IPF]] Women's World Powerlifting Championships }}
{{MedalSilver | 1981 Honolulu | [[List of world championships medalists in powerlifting (women)#Category +82.5 kg|+82.5&nbsp;kg]]}}
{{MedalGold | 1983 Adelaide | [[List of world championships medalists in powerlifting (women)#Category 90 kg|90 kg]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 1988 Brussels | [[List of world championships medalists in powerlifting (women)#Category +90 kg|+90 kg]]}}
}}

'''Gael Patricia Mulhall-Martin''' (born 27 August 1956) is a former Australian athlete who competed in the [[shot put]] and in the [[discus throw]] at the Olympic level and also had a career in powerlifting.

==Athletics==

Born in [[Melbourne]], Mulhall-Martin is daughter of footballer [[Ken Mulhall]], an [[Australian rules football]]er with the [[St Kilda Football Club]].<ref>[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/K/Ken_Mulhall.html VFL Statistics: Ken Mulhall]; [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9QdFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TsMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6716%2C3382981 "Cleared by Tribunal", ''The Age'', (Wednesday, 29 July 1953), p.12]</ref>

She won the bronze medal in women's shot put at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] held in Los Angeles, United States,<ref name=sports-reference/> becoming the first Australian (male or female) to win an Olympic medal in a throwing event.

Mulhall also 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.<ref>[http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete66.htm Athletics Australia Profile]</ref>

At the 1981 Pan Pacific Conference Games she tested positive for the use of [[anabolic steroid]]s and received an 18-month ban for cheating.<ref name="CTBanArticle">{{cite news | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122106253 | title=Drugs blitz on coaches. | work=[[The Canberra Times]] | date=9 October 1987 | access-date=25 November 2013}}</ref>

==Powerlifting==

Gael Martin represented Australia in the Women's World Powerlifting Championships in 1981, 1983 and 1988. In 1987, Martin received a grant from the ACT Talented Athletes Development Awards program. The higher level grant, which Martin received, was awarded to applicants with international ranking and the support of their sporting organisation.<ref name="ACT Grant">{{cite news | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122414804 | title=Athletes sign 'no drugs' declaration. | work=[[The Canberra Times]] | date=9 December 1987 | access-date=21 April 2014}}</ref>

== Footnotes ==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
* [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YhQvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LqUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1071%2C1766098 Farber, M., "Drugs hurt career of Aussie woman"], ''The (Montreal) Gazette'', (Monday, 4 October 1982), p.F-5
* [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=96hWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_eYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4691%2C6814582 Goodwin, D., "Gael's firm — 'I'm not a drug taker' "], ''(Sydney) Sun Herald'', (Sunday, 16 August 1981), p.&nbsp;17
* [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iDNVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wpQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6417%2C6789737 Mitchell, N. and McMahon, P., "Mulhall may take life ban to court"], ''The Age'', (Wednesday, 15 July 1981), p.&nbsp;36
* [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page4877793 Nolan, D., "Gael is hoping to throw for gold"], The Australian Women's Weekly, (Wednesday, 21 March 1979), p.&nbsp;29
* [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZdNYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QecDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3437%2C9530582 Webster, J., "Mulhall to start her comeback on Saturday"], ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', Wednesday, 28 July 1982, p.&nbsp;40
* [http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4589619 1973 photograph of Mulhall with Ray Rigby at an athletic meeting.]

== External links ==
* {{World Athletics}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|gael-martin}}

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