Rodney Martin (sprinter)

American sprinter (born 1982)

Rodney Martin

Rodney Martin in 2007

Personal information

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)

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

Men’s athletics
2007 4x100m Gold
Representing United States
World Athletics Final
	2007 Stuttgart	200m

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
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
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.