Martyn Rooney

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. and 2016.

A five time national champion, his personal best time of 44.45 seconds ranks sixth all-time in Great Britain behind national record-holder Matthew Hudson-Smith, Charlie Dobson, Roger Black, Mark Richardson and Iwan Thomas. Provided by Wikipedia