Martin Gison


Martin Mauricio Gison was a Filipino sports shooter. He is competed at five Olympic Games, the most for any Filipino as of 2008.
Gison's first Olympics was in [Shooting at the Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Summer Olympics|1936] at 22 years old. He also competed at the 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1964 editions of the Olympics. The best finished accomplished by Gison was in 1936 where he placed fourth in the men's 50m small-bore rifle event.
During World War II, Gison was taken as a prisoner of war by the Japanese and survived the Bataan Death March.