Martin Roe

{{short description|Norwegian decathlon and heptathlon athlete}}

{{about||the British-American film and television director, writer, and producer|Martin Desmond Roe}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Martin Roe

| image = 2022-08-15 European Championships 2022 – Men's Decathlon – 100 Metres by Sandro Halank–021.jpg

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| caption = Roe in 2022

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|04|1|df=yes}}

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| height = 1.87 m{{cite web|url=http://www.european-athletics.org/athletes/group=r/athlete=151389-roe-martin/index.html|title=European Athletics - Athlete: Martin Roe|website=european-athletics.org|accessdate=2017-08-13}}

| weight = 86 kg

| sport = Athletics

| event = Decathlon

| club = IL Fri

| education =

| coach = Ingunn Gatland Jacobsen

{{cite web|url=https://www.friidrett.no/contentassets/7656402827ce40ba888370bce968f01c/roe.pdf|title=Martin Roe bio|publisher=Norwegian Athletics Association|language=Norwegian|website=www.friidrett.no|access-date=September 9, 2017}}

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Martin Roe (born 1 April 1992) is a Norwegian athlete, specializing in combined events (decathlon and heptathlon).{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/norway/martin-roe-249418|title=Martin Roe – Profile|publisher=IAAF|access-date=September 9, 2017}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.ba.no/sport/basketball/handball/fikk-du-med-deg-dette-i-helgen/s/5-8-521542|title=Fikk du med deg dette i helgen?|language=Norwegian|publisher=Bergensavisen|author=Lundsør, Einar|date=February 20, 2017|access-date=September 9, 2017}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-combined-events-team-championships-second-league/index.html|title=Team glory for Lithuania as Slanickova and Roe take the individual honours|publisher=European Athletics|date=July 3, 2017|access-date=September 9, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.friidrett.no/nyheter/martin-roe-klarte-vm-kravet-i-tikamp|title=Martin Roe klarte VM-kravet i tikamp [Martin Roe won the World Championships qualifier in the decathlon]|publisher=Norwegian Athletics association|website=www.friidrett.no|language=Norwegian|author=Monsen, Anders Huun|date=July 2, 2017|access-date=September 9, 2017}} In August, he represented his country at the 2017 World Championships, finishing twelfth with 8,040 points.{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/iaaf-world-championships-london-2017-5151/results/men/decathlon/1500-metres/points|title=2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon final results|publisher=IAAF|date=August 12, 2017|access-date=September 9, 2017}}

Personal life

A native of Bergen, he has a younger sister, Matilde (born October 9, 1996), who is a shot put specialist.{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/norway/matilde-roe-276427|title=Matilde Roe – Profile|publisher=IAAF|access-date=September 9, 2017}} Their mother, Ingunn Gatland Jacobsen, is their coach.{{cite news|url=https://www.aftenposten.no/100Sport/andreidretter/Derfor-er-Bergen-blitt-Norges-kasthovedstad-236731b.html|title=Derfor er Bergen blitt Norges kasthovedstad|newspaper=Aftenposten|language=Norwegian|author=Wikan, Magnus|date=June 4, 2017|access-date=September 9, 2017}}

International competitions

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colspan="6"|Representing {{NOR}}
2009

|World Youth Championships

|Brixen, Italy

|11th

|Octathlon

|5730 pts

2010

|World Junior Championships

|Moncton, Canada

|13th

|Decathlon (junior)

|7056 pts

2011

|European Junior Championships

|Tallinn, Estonia

|7th

|Decathlon (junior)

|7618 pts

2013

|European U23 Championships

|Tampere, Finland

|12th

|Decathlon

|7526 pts

2016

|European Championships

|Amsterdam, Netherlands

|11th

|Decathlon

|7795 pts

2017

|World Championships

|London, United Kingdom

|12th

|Decathlon

|8040 pts

2018

|European Championships

|Berlin, Germany

|6th

|Decathlon

|8131 pts

rowspan=2|2019

|European Indoor Championships

|Glasgow, United Kingdom

|7th

|Heptathlon

|5951 pts

World Championships

|Doha, Qatar

|18th

|Decathlon

|6845 pts

2021

|Olympic Games

|Tokyo, Japan

|19th

|Decathlon

|7863 pts

2022

|European Championships

|Munich, Germany

|14th

|Decathlon

|7754 pts

Personal bests

{{cite web|url=http://www.all-athletics.com/node/342517|title=Profile of Martin ROE|website=All-Athletics.com|accessdate=2017-08-13}}

=Outdoor=

{{updated|Aug 4, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/norway/martin-roe-249418|title=Martin Roe – Profile|publisher=IAAF|access-date=September 8, 2017}}

class="wikitable"
Event

! Performance

! Location

! Date

! Virtual best performance

Decathlonalign=right | 8,228 pointsrowspan="2" |Firenze, ItalyApril 26, 2018align=center |8,332 points
100 metresalign=right | 10.79 (-1.7 m/s)July 1, 2017align=center |908 points
Long jumpalign=right | {{T&Fcalc|7.50}} (-0.3 m/s)Amsterdam, NetherlandsJuly 6, 2016align=center |935 points
Shot putalign=right | {{T&Fcalc|15.44}}Monzón, SpainJuly 1, 2017align=center |817 points
High jumpalign=right | {{T&Fcalc|1.96}}Kladno, Czech Republic-Tokyo, JapanJune 17, 2017-August 4, 2021align="center" |767 points
400 metresalign=right | 49.00Inowrocław, PolandJuly 4, 2015align=center |861 points
110 metres hurdlesalign=right | 15.15London, United KingdomAugust 12, 2017align=center |831 points
Discus throwalign=right | {{T&Fcalc|49.19}}Monzón, SpainJuly 2, 2017align=center |854 points
Pole vaultalign=right | {{T&Fcalc|4.60}}{{cite web|url=http://webres1.andro.no/nm/2016/res.asp?res=r-ms-stav&dag=2|title=NM Friidrett 2016 – MS Stav|language=Norwegian|publisher=FM Friidrett Askøy 2016|access-date=September 8, 2017}}Askøy, NorwayJuly 30, 2016align=center |790 points
Javelin throwalign=right | {{T&Fcalc|66.72}}Byrkjelo, NorwayAugust 14, 2011align=center |839 points
1500 metresalign=right | 4:32.31Tampere, FinlandJuly 12, 2013align=center |730 points
colspan="5" align=center | Personal bests in non-decathlon events
200 metresalign=right | 21.98 (-0.5 m/s)Bergen2017rowspan="2" align=center | n.a.
Hammer throwalign=right | {{T&Fcalc|57.14}}Bergen (Fana)June 3, 2012

Indoor

{{updated|February 19, 2017}}

class="wikitable"
Event

! Performance

! Location

! Date

! Virtual best performance

Heptathlonalign=right | 5,690 pointsrowspan="8" |Sandnes, NorwayFebruary 19, 2017align=center |5,693 points
60 metresalign=right | 7.00rowspan="2" |February 18, 2017align=center |882 points
Long jumpalign=right | {{T&Fcalc|7.10}} (-0.3 m/s)align=center |838 points
Shot putalign=right | {{T&Fcalc|15.08}}January 10, 2015align=center |795 points
High jumpalign=right | {{T&Fcalc|1.98}}February 18, 2017align=center |785 points
60 metres hurdlesalign=right | 8.50rowspan="3" | February 19, 2017align=center |860 points
Pole vaultalign=right | {{T&Fcalc|4.40}}align=center |731 points
1000 metresalign=right | 2:46.51align=center |802 points
colspan="5" align=center | Personal bests in non-heptathlon events{{Citation needed|reason=All Athletics doesn't have the best track record|date=September 2017}}
200 metresalign=right | 21.98Malmö, Sweden2014rowspan="2" align=center | n.a.
400 metresalign=right | 50.19Malmö, Sweden2014

References

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