{{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 | caption = Roe in 2022 | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|4|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Bergen, Norway | height = 1.87 m<ref>{{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}}</ref> | weight = 86 kg | sport = Athletics | event = Decathlon | club = IL Fri | education = | coach = Ingunn Gatland Jacobsen<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.friidrett.no/contentassets/7656402827ce40ba888370bce968f01c/roe.pdf|title=Martin Roe bio|publisher=Norwegian Athletics Association|language=no|website=friidrett.no|access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref> | medaltemplates = }}
'''Martin Roe''' (born 1 April 1992) is a Norwegian athlete, specializing in combined events (decathlon and heptathlon).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/norway/martin-roe-249418|title=Martin Roe – Profile|publisher=IAAF|access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref> On 26 April 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.<ref>{{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=no|publisher=Bergensavisen|author=Lundsør, Einar|date=20 February 2017|access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref> On 2 July, 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.<ref>{{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=3 July 2017|access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{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=friidrett.no|language=no|author=Monsen, Anders Huun|date=2 July 2017|access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref> In August, he represented his country at the 2017 World Championships, finishing twelfth with 8,040 points.<ref>{{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=12 August 2017|access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref>
==Personal life== A native of Bergen, he has a younger sister, Matilde (born 1996), who is a shot put specialist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/norway/matilde-roe-276427|title=Matilde Roe – Profile|publisher=IAAF|access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref> Their mother, Ingunn Gatland Jacobsen, is their coach.<ref>{{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=no|author=Wikan, Magnus|date=4 June 2017|access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref>
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !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== <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.all-athletics.com/node/342517|title=Profile of Martin ROE|website=All-Athletics.com|accessdate=2017-08-13}}</ref>
===Outdoor=== {{updated|4 August 2021}}<ref name="Profile IAAF - Martin Roe">{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/norway/martin-roe-249418|title=Martin Roe – Profile|publisher=IAAF|access-date=8 September 2017}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Event ! Performance ! Location ! Date ! Virtual best performance |- | Decathlon|| align=right | 8,228 points || rowspan="2" |Florence, Italy || 26 April 2018 || align=center |8,332 points |- | 100 metres|| align=right | 10.79 (-1.7 m/s) || 1 July 2017 || align=center |908 points |- | Long jump|| align=right | {{T&Fcalc|7.50}} (-0.3 m/s) || Amsterdam, Netherlands || 6 July 2016 || align=center |935 points |- | Shot put|| align=right | {{T&Fcalc|15.44}} || Monzón, Spain || 1 July 2017 || align=center |817 points |- | High jump|| align=right | {{T&Fcalc|1.96}} || Kladno, Czech Republic/Tokyo, Japan || 17 June 2017 – 4 August 2021 || align="center" |767 points |- | 400 metres|| align=right | 49.00 || Inowrocław, Poland || 4 July 2015 || align=center |861 points |- | 110 metres hurdles|| align=right | 15.15 || London, United Kingdom || 12 August 2017 || align=center |831 points |- | Discus throw|| align=right | {{T&Fcalc|49.19}} || Monzón, Spain || 2 July 2017 || align=center |854 points |- | Pole vault|| align=right | {{T&Fcalc|4.60}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webres1.andro.no/nm/2016/res.asp?res=r-ms-stav&dag=2|title=NM Friidrett 2016 – MS Stav|language=no|publisher=FM Friidrett Askøy 2016|access-date=8 September 2017}}</ref> || Askøy, Norway || 30 July 2016 || align=center |790 points |- | Javelin throw|| align=right | {{T&Fcalc|66.72}}|| Byrkjelo, Norway || 14 August 2011 || align=center |839 points |- | 1500 metres|| align=right | 4:32.31 || Tampere, Finland || 12 July 2013 || align=center |730 points |- | colspan="5" align=center | '''Personal bests in non-decathlon events''' |- | 200 metres|| align=right | 21.98 (-0.5 m/s) || Bergen || 2017 || rowspan="2" align=center | n.a. |- | Hammer throw || align=right | {{T&Fcalc|57.14}}|| Bergen || 3 June 2012 |}
'''Indoor''' {{updated|19 February 2017}}<ref name="Profile IAAF - Martin Roe"/> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Event ! Performance ! Location ! Date ! Virtual best performance |- | Heptathlon|| align=right | 5,690 points || rowspan="8" |Sandnes, Norway || 19 February 2017 || align=center |5,693 points |- | 60 metres|| align=right | 7.00 || rowspan="2" |18 February 2017 || align=center |882 points |- | Long jump|| align=right | {{T&Fcalc|7.10}} (-0.3 m/s) || align=center |838 points |- | Shot put|| align=right | {{T&Fcalc|15.08}} || 10 January 2015 || align=center |795 points |- | High jump|| align=right | {{T&Fcalc|1.98}} || 18 February 2017 || align=center |785 points |- | 60 metres hurdles|| align=right | 8.50 || rowspan="3" | 19 February 2017 || align=center |860 points |- | Pole vault|| align=right | {{T&Fcalc|4.40}} || align=center |731 points |- | 1000 metres|| align=right | 2:46.51 || align=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 metres|| align=right | 21.98 || Malmö, Sweden || 2014 || rowspan="2" align=center | n.a. |- | 400 metres || align=right | 50.19 || Malmö, Sweden || 2014 |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{European Athletics|id=14375310|old_id=r/athlete=151389-roe-martin}} * [https://www.friidrett.no/contentassets/7656402827ce40ba888370bce968f01c/roe.pdf Martin Roe] at Norwegian Athletics Association {{in lang|no}} * [https://www.decathlon2000.com/upload/file/pdf/person/Roe.pdf Martin Roe] at Decathlon 2000 * {{Olympics.com|martin-roe}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Team Norway|friidrett/martin-roe}} * {{Instagram}}<!-- per WP:ELMINOFFICIAL, choose one official website only -->
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