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Martyn Rooney

マーティン・ルーニー　/　まーてぃん・るーにー

Sprinter from United Kingdom

April 3, 1987 (age 39)　・　Croydon, United Kingdom

sprinter
athletics competitor

My Take

Standing 198 cm, Martyn Rooney had a physical gift for the 400 metres that bordered on unfair, but it is his reliability that wins me over. Reaching the Olympic final in 2008, taking relay bronze, then silver at the 2009 World Championships, he became Britain's trusted anchor leg for years. Individual brilliance is one thing, but being entrusted with the final lap and the whole team's fate, again and again, says everything about the man's nerve. I love an athlete you can lean on when it matters most, and his Loughborough-honed stride slicing through the track is a thrilling image.

Overview

Martyn Joseph Rooney (born 3 April 1987) is an English sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres event. He reached the 400 m final at the 2008 Summer Olympics and won bronze in the 4 × 400 metres relay. A mainstay on the anchor leg of the Great Britain and England 4 × 400 metre relay teams, at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics he won a silver medal with the Great Britain relay team, and bronze in the 2015 an…

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1. Profile

Name (English): Martyn Rooney
Name (Japanese): マーティン・ルーニー
Reading: まーてぃん・るーにー
Born: April 3, 1987 (age 39)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Rabbit
Origin: Croydon, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: 198 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: sprinter / athletics competitor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Loughborough University

3. Relationships

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Children: Private
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4. Personality

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