Jacky Martens

Jacky Martens is a Belgian former professional motocross racer and current race team manager, born on 3 July 1963 in Lommel. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1982 to 1998 and is notable for winning the 1993 FIM 500cc motocross world championship. His first race was in 1979, and by the mid 1980s he reached Grand Prix motocross on a privately entered Honda before joining the KTM factory team, finishing second in the 500cc world championship in 1991. In 1993, on a Husqvarna four-stroke, he became the first rider to win the premier 500cc class on a four-stroke since Jeff Smith in 1965, and in 1994 he narrowly took second overall behind Marcus Hansson. After retiring he became team manager of the JM Racing KTM team, which guided Sven Breugelmans to the MX3 world championship.