Rodney Martin is an American sprinter. Martin is a native of Las Vegas, Nevada. He attended Western High School, where he played football and ran track. At the University of South Carolina Rodney became a three-time All-American and broke the indoor and outdoor 200 m school records. Martin ran 4th place at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan in the 200 m dash, missing the bronze medal to Wallace Spearmon Jr. by 100th of a second. The Americans placed 1st, 3rd place and 4th place. Martin obtained the gold medal as an alternate running on the gold medal USA 4 × 100 m relay that year. Martin made his first Olympic Team in 2008 in Beijing China, where he ran the first leg of the 4 × 100 metre relay. Rodney has now turned his sights on Music, forming King Martin Music Group out of Houston Tx.