Martyn Rooney - Athlete

Twitter Updates

martynrooney: Heading to the medal ceremony with @Mbingham400m and Borlee (when he arrives) 18.40 medal time

martynrooney: @SuperBurnz yep, myself and @Mbingham400m are running the final

martynrooney: Hedman u hero! Well done lads great running

martynrooney: Let's go gb!!! Conrad, hedman, buck, tobin! Let's go!!!!

martynrooney: 3rd left it on the track so now its 'on to the next one'

Personal Details

Date of Birth - April 1987

Place of Birth - Croydon

Residence - Loughborough, England

Athletics Disciplines - 400m

Club - Croydon Harriers

Height - 198

Weight - 78 kgs

Athletics News

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O'Rourke wins silver for Ireland
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Ennis crowned European champion
Great Britain's Jessica Ennis wins European heptathlon gold after dominating the 800m finale to fend off closest rival Nataliya Dobrynska.
GB pair win hurdles gold & silver
Welsh pair Dai Greene and Rhys Williams claim gold and silver for Britain in the final of the men's 400m hurdles.
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Britain's Jessica Ennis becomes European heptathlon champion, Mo Farah makes it a long-distance double and Dai Greene wins 400m hurdles gold in Barcelona.
Jackson hails Euro 'hero' Malcolm
Colin Jackson hails "heroic" Christian Malcolm as the Welsh sprinter ends his 12-year individual outdoor major medal drought at the Euros.

European Athletics Championships UPDATE:

Martyn Rooney sneaks through to 400m final

Britain's Martyn Rooney tonight advanced to the final of the 400 metres in the European Championships - but only as a fastest loser following an error-strewn display.

Rooney could only finish third in the first semi-final and, with two qualifying automatically, had to wait to see if he would suffer a shock exit.

Thankfully for the 23-year-old Londoner, the pace set by Belgium's Jonathan Borlee ensured he made it through, but he admitted: "I made mistakes. I slowed down at 200m for some stupid reason and kicked too early.

"I made silly mistakes, if I'd run the race properly I would have been comfortable but I didn't."

Borlee set a new national record and fastest time in Europe this year of 44.71 seconds, with France's Leslie Djhone second in 44.87secs and Rooney clocking 45.00s.

Team-mate Michael Bingham was more assured in finishing second in his semi-final, the 24-year-old clocking a season's best of 44.88 as he was just overtaken on the line by Ireland's David Gillick (44.79).

But Conrad Williams bowed out as he could only finish sixth in the third semi-final in 46.60.

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