 Roe in 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 April 1992 |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] |
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Decathlon |
| Club | IL Fri |
| Coached by | Ingunn Gatland Jacobsen[2] |
Martin Roe (born 1 April 1992) is a Norwegian athlete, specializing in combined events (decathlon and heptathlon).[3] On April 26, 2018, he broke the Norwegian record with 8228 points, in the combined events meet in Firenze. In 2017, he won the men's heptathlon competition at the Norwegian Indoor Championships in Sandnes, Norway, with a new personal record of 5,690, beating six personal bests in the process.[4] On July 2, he achieved a new outdoor personal record of 8,144 points in the decathlon – his first time crossing the barrier of 8,000 points – to deliver a win for Norway at a European Combined Events Team Championships Second League event taking place in Monzón, Spain.[5][6] In August, he represented his country at the 2017 World Championships, finishing twelfth with 8,040 points.[7]
- ^ "European Athletics - Athlete: Martin Roe". european-athletics.org. Retrieved 2017-08-13.
- ^ "Martin Roe bio" (PDF). www.friidrett.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Athletics Association. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
- ^ "Martin Roe – Profile". IAAF. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
- ^ Lundsør, Einar (February 20, 2017). "Fikk du med deg dette i helgen?" (in Norwegian). Bergensavisen. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
- ^ "Team glory for Lithuania as Slanickova and Roe take the individual honours". European Athletics. July 3, 2017. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
- ^ Monsen, Anders Huun (July 2, 2017). "Martin Roe klarte VM-kravet i tikamp [Martin Roe won the World Championships qualifier in the decathlon]". www.friidrett.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Athletics association. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
- ^ "2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon final results". IAAF. August 12, 2017. Retrieved September 9, 2017.