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Martyn Rooney

1987 - Today

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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 and 2017 World Championships. Individually, Rooney was twice the European champion at 400 metres in 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Martyn Rooney is the 7,411th most popular athlete (down from 7,086th in 2024), the 8,471st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 8,347th in 2019) and the 252nd most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Martyn Rooney ranks 7,411 out of 6,025. Before him are Līna Mūze, Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu, Rose Lokonyen, Andreas Kramer, Matt Deakin, and Terrence Jennings. After him are Christian Taylor, Althéa Laurin, Mihaela Cambei, Xie Wenjun, Xu Lijia, and Zheng Shuyin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Martyn Rooney ranks 1,728. Before him are Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Jordi Rubio, Benjamin Corgnet, Yahel Castillo, Wesley Johnson, and Yuji Kimura. After him are Xu Lijia, Shara Marche, Lucas Makowsky, Vladimir Gadzhev, Wayne Ellington, and Denis Alekseyev.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Martyn Rooney ranks 8,473 out of 8,785. Before him are Joe Bennett (1990), Alexina Graham (1990), Charlie Simpson (1985), Dan Gosling (1990), Ethan Vernon (2000), and Djed Spence (2000). After him are Karamoko Dembélé (2003), Gemma Gibbons (1987), Marcus Edwards (1998), Ben Bruce (1988), Jermaine Beckford (1983), and Andre Gray (1991).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Martyn Rooney ranks 252. Before him are Simon Dennis (1976), Greg Rutherford (1986), Chris Tomlinson (1981), Nick Dempsey (1980), Frances Houghton (1980), and Scott Brash (1985). After him are Gemma Gibbons (1987), Debbie Flood (1980), Edward Ling (1983), Emily Diamond (1991), Mark Hunter (1978), and Sarah Webb (1977).

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