Name	Martin Lauret
Height	5 ft 8 in
Naionality	Dutch
Date of Birth	27-October-1971
Place of Birth	Netherland
Famous for	Long Distance Runner

Martin Lauret is a former Dutch long-distance runner who specialized in the 5,000 m, 10,000 m, the half marathon and marathon. From 2005 Martin Lauret lay led by Rob Veer to the marathon. He made ​​his debut at the 2005 Amsterdam Marathon, where he finished second Dutchman with a time of 2:20:49. Eighteen months later, in the Rotterdam marathon, when it was run under very difficult conditions he improved as one of the few athletes his personal best to 2:20:45.

He was behind this third Dutchman Luc Krotwaar and Koen Raymaekers NK and captured a bronze medal, because it was also fought for the National Championships marathon by the Dutch athletes. After a move to the North Holland Team Distance Runners ended Lauret in 2008 to 10 km in Schoorl, which also was considered Dutch championship, behind Michel Butter and Patrick Stitzinger, third Dutchman. A few months later he exhibited in Rotterdam his marathon PR again sharper. This time he took out from one and a half minute and made of 2:19:09. He was thus again third Dutchman, but now was the NK marathon later that year walked in Eindhoven. In 2009 Lauret had only to show to participate in the marathon at the part with a Dutch team shape retention world championships in Berlin, because with his performance of the year, he met the team limit for this World Cup. sure in Chicago By an abdominal injury after the marathon of Chicago and surgery to this around the turn was quite messy, but the end of March met Lauret during the Berlin half marathon with a time of 1:04:26 already exceeds the vormbehoudeis. However, by Hugo van den Broek favored a fall marathon and therefore had opted out of participation in the World Cup, there were not enough participants for the Dutch team and Lauret was still forced to stay home.

Although he was in at the end of the season Tilburg still pretty Dutch champion in the 10 km, he decided in November 2009 yet to end his sports career and to provide his social career priority especially since his Achilles tendon, which he in the past was operated again opspeelden several occasions. Martin Lauret lives in Rheden and was connected to the end of 2009 with Team Distance Runners. Since then, he has joined in running group Aart Stigter.