Martin Lang

Martin Lang may refer to:

Martin Lang (rugby league)

Martin Lang (born 26 September 1975) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played in Australasia's National Rugby League and his usual position was at prop. During his career he played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and the Penrith Panthers as well as representing for the Queensland Maroons in State of Origin. Martin Lang is the son of former Australian international and coach John Lang, under whom he played his entire top-grade career.

Lang was a hard-running prop with a straight, unswerving style when taking the ball forward. He ran 4,571 metres with the ball over the 2000 NRL season, more than any other player in the competition. In April, 2002, Lang was knocked unconscious by a high-tackle from Petero Civoniceva. The resulting concussion, his tenth, led to calls for the prop to retire or to change his running style.

Commenting later on his concussions, Lang said, "There was times when I'd been knocked out that you weren't aware of anything until you're sitting on the sideline and you're thinking, 'Geez, what happened?' You're not feeling fresh. It's liked you've been drugged or had an anaesthetic or something like that, you're feeling very ordinary."

Martin Lang (canoeist)

Martin Lang (born June 14, 1968 in Saarbrücken) is a German slalom canoer who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (C-1: 1991, 1993; C-1 team: 1995) and a silver (C-1 team: 1999).

Lang also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of sixth in the C-1 event at Barcelona in 1992.

He won the overall World Cup title in the C-1 category in 1992. He also earned three medals at the European Championships (1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze).

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