18 Facts About Marty Nothstein

Martin Wayne Nothstein was born on February 10,1971 and is an American former professional road bicycle racer and track cyclist.

Marty Nothstein is a three-time world champion in track events and an Olympic gold and silver medalist.

Marty Nothstein servied as a Lehigh County Commissioner and ran unsuccessfully as the Republican Party nominee for the 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district and 2018 Pennsylvania's 7th and 15th congressional district special elections.

Marty Nothstein's paternal great grandfather was an accomplished bicycle racer and bare-knuckle prizefighter.

Marty Nothstein attended Emmaus High School in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1989, and then Penn State University.

Marty Nothstein began cycling in 1987 and made his international debut in 1989 at UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Lyon, France.

Marty Nothstein won his first world championship medal in 1993, winning silver in the keirin.

Marty Nothstein became a double world champion in 1994, winning both sprint and keirin events at the 1994 World Championships while nursing a broken heel bone.

Marty Nothstein again rode with a fractured bone, his kneecap, as part of the US sprint team that won the bronze medal at the 1995 World Championships.

Marty Nothstein retired from competitive cycling after the 2006 season and drove the NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car for Follow A Dream.

Marty Nothstein won two races in the 2007 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series season.

Marty Nothstein finished 11th in points in the 2007 NHRA Alcohol Funny Car season.

In 2017, Marty Nothstein was living in Lowhill Township, Pennsylvania and working as executive director of the Valley Preferred Cycling Center.

In December 2021, Marty Nothstein was arrested in Allentown and charged with two counts of stalking and defiant trespass, and a single count of criminal trespass.

Marty Nothstein pled guilty to these counts in February 2023.

In October 2017 Marty Nothstein announced that he would seek the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district for the 2018 United States House of Representatives election prior to the announcement of the district's Republican incumbent, Charlie Dent, that he would not run for another term.

Marty Nothstein ran in special election for Charlie Dent's former seat in Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district.

Marty Nothstein was defeated by Wild in this election as well, receiving 129,593 votes to Wild's 130,353 votes.