Martin PIERCE

Marty Pierce was a junior phenom in US speed skating, winning six national titles in age groups. He was the 1978 US short-track midget boys champion, the 1981-82 short-track junior boys champion, the 1983 intermediate men champion in both short- and long-track, and the 1984 long-track intermediate men champion. He competed both in short-track and long-track internationally, and competed for brief parts of two seasons on the World Cup circuit, finishing third and fourth at 500s in Innsbruck in January 1988, and fourth at a 500 in Davos in January 1988. Pierce was almost exclusively a sprinter in long-track.

Personal Bests: 500 – 37.19 (1988); 1000 – 1:17.23 (1992); 1500 – 2:06.99 (1984); 5000 – 8:11.35 (1984).