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Norwegian athlete
Martin Roe
Born (1992-04-01 ) 1 April 1992 (age 32) Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] Weight 86 kg (190 lb) 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]
Personal life
A native of Bergen , he has a younger sister, Matilde (born October 9, 1996), who is a shot put specialist.[8] Their mother, Ingunn Gatland Jacobsen, is their coach.[9]
International competitions
Personal bests
[10]
Outdoor
As of Sept 23, 2018 [11]
Event
Performance
Location
Date
Virtual best performance
Decathlon
8,228 points
Firenze , Italy
April 26, 2018
8,332 points
100 metres
10.79 (-1.7 m/s)
July 1, 2017
908 points
Long jump
7.50 m (24 ft 7+ 1 ⁄4 in) (-0.3 m/s)
Amsterdam , Netherlands
July 6, 2016
935 points
Shot put
15.44 m ( 50 ft 7+ 3 ⁄4 in)
Monzón, Spain
July 1, 2017
817 points
High jump
1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Kladno , Czech Republic
June 17, 2017
767 points
400 metres
49.00
Inowrocław , Poland
July 4, 2015
861 points
110 metres hurdles
15.15
London , United Kingdom
August 12, 2017
831 points
Discus throw
49.19 m ( 161 ft 4+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Monzón, Spain
July 2, 2017
854 points
Pole vault
4.60 m (15 ft 1 in)[12]
Askøy , Norway
July 30, 2016
790 points
Javelin throw
66.72 m ( 218 ft 10+ 3 ⁄4 in)
Byrkjelo , Norway
August 14, 2011
839 points
1500 metres
4:32.31
Tampere , Finland
July 12, 2013
730 points
Personal bests in non-decathlon events
200 metres
21.98 (-0.5 m/s)
Bergen
2017
n.a.
Hammer throw
57.14 m ( 187 ft 5+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Bergen (Fana )
June 3, 2012
Indoor
As of February 19, 2017 [11]
Event
Performance
Location
Date
Virtual best performance
Heptathlon
5,690 points
Sandnes , Norway
February 19, 2017
5,693 points
60 metres
7.00
February 18, 2017
882 points
Long jump
7.10 m ( 23 ft 3+ 1 ⁄2 in) (-0.3 m/s)
838 points
Shot put
15.08 m ( 49 ft 5+ 1 ⁄2 in)
January 10, 2015
795 points
High jump
1.98 m ( 6 ft 5+ 3 ⁄4 in)
February 18, 2017
785 points
60 metres hurdles
8.50
February 19, 2017
860 points
Pole vault
4.40 m (14 ft 5 in)
731 points
1000 metres
2:46.51
802 points
Personal bests in non-heptathlon events [citation needed ]
200 metres
21.98
Malmö , Sweden
2014
n.a.
400 metres
50.19
Malmö, Sweden
2014
References
^ "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 .
^ "Matilde Roe – Profile" . IAAF. Retrieved September 9, 2017 .
^ Wikan, Magnus (June 4, 2017). "Derfor er Bergen blitt Norges kasthovedstad" . Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved September 9, 2017 .
^ "Profile of Martin ROE" . All-Athletics.com . Retrieved 2017-08-13 .
^ a b "Martin Roe – Profile" . IAAF. Retrieved September 8, 2017 .
^ "NM Friidrett 2016 – MS Stav" (in Norwegian). FM Friidrett Askøy 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2017 .
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