Stolen Glory: Olympian Roy Martin’s Medals and Trophies Vanish from Storage Unit

Olympic sprint­er Roy “Robot” Mar­tin fell vic­tim to a stor­age unit bur­glary in Dal­las, Texas, leav­ing him heart­bro­ken over the loss of irre­place­able ath­let­ic treasures.

The 57-year-old’s medals and tro­phies, span­ning his illus­tri­ous high school and col­lege careers, have vanished.

Mar­tin, a Texas high school leg­end and four-time Hall of Famer, com­pet­ed in the 1988 Seoul Olympics. He expressed his deep loss to local news sta­tion Fox 4 Dal­las, stat­ing, “My his­to­ry is gone” after the break-in. Sad­ly, the stolen mem­o­ra­bil­ia includ­ed not only medals and tro­phies but also cloth­ing and oth­er cher­ished items.

Mar­tin explained his reliance on the stor­age unit due to lim­it­ed space at home. Dur­ing his high school years at Roo­sevelt, Mar­tin dom­i­nat­ed the tracks, secur­ing three con­sec­u­tive state titles and set­ting a nation­al record in the 200 meters that remained unbro­ken until 2014.

Now, all Mar­tin desires is the return of his stolen lega­cy. He makes a heart­felt plea to the thieves: “Please bring it back. No ques­tions asked. Just bring it back, and all is forgiven.”

The stor­age facil­i­ty appears to be a tar­get for crim­i­nals, with at least three report­ed break-ins, includ­ing Mar­t­in’s unit. This inci­dent high­lights the vul­ner­a­bil­i­ty of per­son­al belong­ings in stor­age facil­i­ties and the deep sen­ti­men­tal val­ue attached to ath­let­ic achievements.