Roxbert Martin
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Roxbert Martin (born 5 November 1969 in Saint Ann, Jamaica) is a former Jamaican 400 metres runner, who was selected for the Jamaican 4x400 metres relay team at the 1996 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal. He was part of the gold-medal-winning relay team at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, setting the championship record.[1]
His personal best time is 44.49 seconds, achieved in June 1997 in Kingston. This was the Jamaican record at the time but has since been broken by Jermaine Gonzales in 44.40 seconds in Monaco on 22 July 2010.[1]
Martin competed collegiately for the University of Oklahoma's track and field team.[2] While at Oklahoma he was part of a national champion 4 X 400 relay in 1997.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ 'I thought I'd won'. Sports Illustrated (1998-09-21). Retrieved on 2009-05-05.
- ^ Trammel, Barry (5 August 1996). "Sooner Olympians Enter History Books Victorious Athletes Bring Home Medals, Memories". The Oklahoman. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ CBS Sports Archived April 4, 2019, at the Wayback Machine 2007 University of Oklahoma Track & Field Guide, p113
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