• Martyn Rooney
  • Martyn Rooney

Rooney - My Results

Martyn has been a promising 400m runner throughout his junior athletics career and has often commented that his long term future may lie over 800m.

Martyn's most memorable performance so far was breaking Roger Black's 21 year-old British junior record with 45.35 in his semi-final of the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in 2006 - he was 5th in the final in 45.51.

Martyn supports Crystal Palace and is partner of Great Britain pole vaulter Kate Dennison.

He is based at Loughborough studying a foundation in Sports science and management.

 

International Highlights

  • 2005 European Junior 400m silver, 4x400m gold,
  • Worlds 4x400m 4th, 2006 Commonwealth Games 400m 5th,
  • World Juniors 400m and 4x400m bronze,
  • 2007 Worlds 4x400m 6th, 400m ht

 

2008 Race Season - 400 m

45.88 - 1r7 Mount Sac Relays Walnut CA
45.46 - 1r1 Loughborough ITL Loughborough
45.19 - 1r1 AtletiCA Genève Génève
45.32 - 1rA Golden Spike Ostrava
45.33 - 1 European Cup Annecy
45.44 - 1rA Notturna Milano
48.34 - 1h4 National Championships Birmingham
46.16 - 2s2 NC Birmingham
45.31 -  1 NC Birmingham
44.83 - 1rA Aviva London Grand Prix London
44.72 - 1 Hercules Monaco
45.00 - 1h4 Olympic Games Beijing
44.60 PB (5) - 2s3 OG Beijing

45.12 - 6 OG Beijing
45.35 - 1 Aviva Gateshead
45.34 - 2 VD Bruxelles
45.52 - 2 Rieti 2008 Rieti
45.82 - 5 WAF Stuttgart

4 x 400 m

3:02.66 -  2 ECp Annecy Great Britain Robert Tobin, Dale Garland, Conrad Williams, Martyn Rooney
2:59.33 - 1h2 OG Beijing Great Britain  Andrew Steele, Robert Tobin, Michael Bingham, Martyn Rooney
2:58.81 -  4 OG Beijing Great Britain Andrew Steele, Robert Tobin, Michael Bingham, Martyn Rooney