Roxbert Martin (born 5 November 1969 in Saint Ann, Jamaica) is a former

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

n 400 metres runner, who was selected for the Jamaican

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team at the

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and won a bronze medal. He was part of the gold-medal-winning relay team at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''( Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unpreceden ...

, setting the championship record.'I thought I'd won'
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'' (1998-09-21). Retrieved on 2009-05-05. His personal best time is 44.49 seconds, achieved in June 1997 in Kingston. This was the Jamaican record at the time but has since been broken by

Jermaine Gonzales Jermaine Gonzales (born 26 November 1984) is a Jamaican 400 metres runner. He is currently being coached by Glen Mills and Bertland Cameron. He had a successful start to international athletics in the young age categories, taking the 400 ...

in 44.40 seconds in Monaco on 22 July 201

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1969 births Living people People from Saint Ann Parish Jamaican male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Olympic athletes of Jamaica Olympic bronze medalists for Jamaica Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Jamaica Pan American Games silver medalists for Jamaica Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics 20th-century Jamaican people 21st-century Jamaican people {{Jamaica-Olympic-medalist-stub