Rodney Martin (sprinter)
Rodney Martin in 2007 | |||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Nationality | United States | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1982-12-22) December 22, 1982 (age 41) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 metres, 200 metres | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 100m: 9.95 s (Eugene 2008) 200m: 19.99 s (Eugene 2008) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rodney Martin (born December 22, 1982) is an American sprinter.[1] Martin is a native of Las Vegas, Nevada. He attended Western High School, where he played football and ran track. At the University of South Carolina Rodney became a three-time All-American and broke the indoor and outdoor 200m school records. Martin ran 4th place at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan in the 200m dash, missing the bronze medal to Wallace Spearmon Jr. by 100th of a second. The Americans placed 1st (Tyson Gay), 3rd place (Wallace Spearmon Jr) and 4th place (Rodney Martin). Martin obtained the gold medal as an alternate running on the gold medal USA 4 × 100 m relay that year. Martin made his first Olympic Team in 2008 in Beijing China, where he ran the first leg of the 4 x 100 metre relay. Rodney has now turned his sights on Music, forming King Martin Music Group out of Houston Tx.
United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed in the 4x100 metres relay together with Travis Padgett, Darvis Patton and Tyson Gay. In their qualification heat Martin ran the first leg of the race. They did not finish due to a mistake in the baton exchange and they were eliminated.[1]
As of 2014[update], Martin was serving in the United States Navy.[2]
Personal bests
Outdoor
Distance | Time | Wind | Location / Date |
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100m | 9.95 sec | + 1.6 m/s | Eugene / June 28, 2008 |
200m | 19.99 sec | + 1.7 m/s | Eugene / July 6, 2008 |
Indoor
Distance | Time | Location / Date |
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60m | 6.75 sec | Fayetteville / February 27, 2005 |
200m | 20.38 sec | Fayetteville / March 11, 2005 |
References
- ^ a b "Athlete biography: Rodney Martin". beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on September 9, 2008. Retrieved August 26, 2008.
- ^ Sunderman, Jonathan; Johnson, Andrew (September 2, 2014). "Fastest Sailor in the Fleet". All Hands: Magazine of the U.S. Navy. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Rodney Martin at World Athletics
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- 2008 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
and road athletes
- Abdi Abdirahman
- Kerron Clement
- Shawn Crawford
- Walter Dix
- Ian Dobson
- Philip Dunn
- Kevin Eastler
- Anthony Famiglietti
- Tyson Gay
- Ryan Hall
- Bershawn Jackson
- Bernard Lagat
- Lopez Lomong
- Leonel Manzano
- Rodney Martin (r)
- Joshua McAdams
- LaShawn Merritt
- Billy Nelson
- David Neville
- David Oliver
- Travis Padgett (r)
- Darvis Patton
- David Payne
- Dathan Ritzenhein
- Galen Rupp
- Brian Sell
- Christian Smith
- Wallace Spearmon
- Nick Symmonds
- Angelo Taylor
- Matt Tegenkamp
- Jorge Torres
- Terrence Trammell
- Jeremy Wariner
- Andrew Wheating
- Reggie Witherspoon (r)
field athletes
- Kenta Bell
- Christian Cantwell
- Bryan Clay
- Rafeeq Curry
- Breaux Greer
- Trey Hardee
- Jeff Hartwig
- Mike Hazle
- Reese Hoffa
- Brian Johnson
- Dusty Jonas
- A. G. Kruger
- Casey Malone
- Andra Manson
- Derek Miles
- Adam Nelson
- Tom Pappas
- Miguel Pate
- Trevell Quinley
- Michael Robertson
- Leigh Smith
- Brad Walker
- Ian Waltz
- Jesse Williams
- Aarik Wilson
and road athletes
- Lindsey Anderson
- Jenny Barringer
- Amy Yoder Begley
- Damu Cherry
- Hazel Clark-Riley
- Erin Donohue
- Joanne Dow
- Torri Edwards
- Allyson Felix
- Shalane Flanagan
- Kara Goucher
- Dawn Harper
- Queen Harrison
- Natasha Hastings (r)
- Monique Henderson (r)
- Marshevet Hooker
- Lolo Jones
- Deena Kastor
- Muna Lee
- Mechelle Lewis (r)
- Magdalena Lewy-Boulet
- Jennifer Rhines
- Sanya Richards
- Tiffany Ross-Williams
- Shannon Rowbury
- Blake Russell
- Alice Schmidt
- Nicole Teter
- Sheena Tosta
- DeeDee Trotter
- Anna Willard
- Angela Williams (r)
- Lauryn Williams
- Mary Wineberg
- Christin Wurth-Thomas
field athletes
- Amy Acuff
- Erica Bartolina
- April Steiner Bennett
- Jillian Camarena
- Amber Campbell
- Michelle Carter
- Jessica Cosby
- Sharon Day
- Hyleas Fountain
- Kristin Heaston
- Chaunté Howard
- Funmi Jimoh
- Jackie Johnson
- Kim Kreiner
- Shani Marks
- Erica McLain
- Kara Patterson
- Diana Pickler
- Suzy Powell-Roos
- Brittney Reese
- Loree Smith
- Jenn Stuczynski
- Aretha Thurmond
- Stephanie Brown Trafton
- Grace Upshaw
- Bubba Thornton (men's head coach)
- Harvey Glance (men's assistant coach)
- Ron Mann (men's assistant coach)
- Boo Schexnayder (men's assistant coach)
- Criss Somerlot (men's assistant coach)
- Joe Vigil (men's assistant coach)
- Jeanette Bolden (women's head coach)
- Chandra Cheeseborough (women's assistant coach)
- J.J. Clark (women's assistant coach)
- Kim Keenan-Kirkpatrick (women's assistant coach)
- Connie Price-Smith (women's assistant coach)
- Rita Somerlot (women's assistant coach)
- Brooks Johnson (relay coach)
- Orin Richburg (relay coach)