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Jamaican sprinter (born 1969)
Roxbert Martin
Born (1969-11-05 ) 5 November 1969 (age 54)
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
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4 x 440 yards (1930–1966)
1930 :
Leigh-Wood ,
Townend ,
Burghley ,
Brangwin (
ENG )
1934 :
Rathbone ,
Blake ,
Stoneley ,
Rampling (
ENG )
1938 :
Orr ,
Dale ,
Fritz ,
Loaring (
CAN )
1950 :
Carr ,
Gedge ,
Humphreys ,
Price (
AUS )
1954 :
Higgins ,
Dick ,
Fryer ,
Johnson (
ENG )
1958 :
Day ,
Evans ,
Potgieter ,
M.C. Spence (
RSA )
1962 :
Kerr ,
Khan ,
M.A. Spence ,
M. Spence (
JAM )
1966 :
Yearwood ,
Bernard ,
Roberts ,
Mottley (
TTO )
4 x 400 metres (1970–present)
1970 :
Nyamau ,
Sang ,
Ouko ,
Asati (
KEN )
1974 :
Asati ,
Musyoki ,
Sang ,
Koskei (
KEN )
1978 :
Kimaiyo ,
Ngetich ,
Njiri ,
Koskei (
KEN )
1982 :
Cook ,
Brown ,
Scutt ,
Bennett (
ENG )
1986 :
Akabusi ,
Brown ,
Black ,
Bennett (
ENG )
1990 :
D. Kitur ,
S. Kitur ,
Kipkemboi ,
Mwanzia (
KEN )
1994 :
McKenzie ,
Crampton ,
Patrick ,
Ladejo (
ENG )
1998 :
Clarke ,
Haughton ,
McDonald ,
Martin (
JAM )
2002 :
Deacon ,
Baldock ,
Rawlinson ,
Caines (
ENG )
2006 :
Steffensen ,
Troode ,
Ormrod ,
Hill (
AUS )
2010 :
Milburn ,
Moore ,
Cole ,
Wroe (
AUS )
2014 :
Williams ,
Bingham ,
Awde ,
Hudson-Smith (
ENG )
2018 :
Maotoanong ,
Thebe ,
Nkobolo ,
Makwala (
BOT )
2022 :
St. Hillaire ,
Guevara ,
Cedenio ,
Richards (
TTO )