Michael Roeger
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Nationality | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Adelaide, South Australia | 14 May 1988|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Roeger (born 14 May 1988) is an Australian T46 athletics competitor. He competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics in athletics in middle distance running events. He has won one gold and three bronze medals at the IPC Athletics World Championships and a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[1][2] He won the gold medal in the Men's T46 marathon at 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held as part of the London Marathon in a world record.[3]
Personal
Roeger was born on 14 May 1988,[4] and is from Langhorne Creek ,[5][6] South Australia.[7] He has a twin brother Chris.[8] He is missing the lower half of his right arm.[5][6][9] He played junior football at the Langhorne Creek Football Club.[5] Growing up, he played basketball, table tennis and cricket.[5] He moved away from there and to Canberra in 2009.[9] In 2012, he was a student at the University of Canberra working on a Bachelor of Communications in Advertising and Marketing.[9]
Athletics
Roeger is a T46 classified athlete, competing in 800 metres,1,500 metres and 5,000 metre events.[5][6][9] He is a member of the Adelaide area Hills District Athletic Club.[6] In 2008, when in Adelaide, he trained with Pete Davis and Marc Fairhead.[6] He has held an athletics scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport.[9] He started competing in athletics in 1999 when he competed for his high school's cross country team.[6]
At the 2008 Victorian Country Championships, Roeger set a Paralympic A qualifying time of 4:02.04 in the 1500 metres.[6] At the time, this was the second best time ever set in the world.[6] He also set qualifying times in the 800 metres and 5,000 metres.[6] As a twenty-year-old, he represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.[5][6] He did not earn a medal at the Games.[5][9] He set a personal best time in the 1,500 metre event,[5] finishing in eighth place,[10] and came 11th place in the final of the 5,000 metres. He did not make the finals in the 800 metre event.[11] He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics in the 800 metres event.[4][7][9][12][13] His Paralympic training included five gym sessions a week with a focus on leg strength.[9] He competed in the Men's 800 m T46 at the 2012 London and but did not medal.[14]
At the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France, he won bronze medals in the Men's 1500m and Men's 5000m T46 events.[15][16]
In 2014, Roeger ran almost a five-second 1500 m personal best (3 minutes 51.08 seconds) on 20 March 2014 at the Victorian Milers Club. His time qualified him for the 2014 Australian Athletics Championships.[17][8] His time was just short of the world record, 3:50.2 and the second best time in his class.[8] At the Australian Championships, he took on his coach Philo Saunders, who is a physiologist at the Australian Institute of Sport.[15][8] Also in 2014, he was part of the Australian Sports Commission team that represented Australia at the JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge in London, England.[18]
During the Athletics Australia 2014/15 season, he reduced his personal best for the 1500m to 3:50.61.[19] He qualified for the Australian Athletics Championships in Brisbane, Queensland Open 1500m and ran in the heats.[20]
In June 2015 in Boston, United States, Roeger ran 3:48.55 to break the Men's 1500 m T46 world record but it was not ratified as no drug test was available.[21]
At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, he won the bronze medal in the Men's 1500 m T46. After the event, Roeger said "A bronze medal is a bronze medal, I wanted more from myself today but the legs weren't there in the last lap. It's a stepping stone for Rio. This makes me so hungry for gold. It's my dream and it’s been my dream for a long time. It's about taking the positives away from this and building on them for next year".[22]
On 12 June 2016, Roeger ran 3:49.08 in the Men's 1500m at the Portland Track Festival to break the Men's 1500m T46 world record. The record was not ratified even though drug testing was undertaken.[23][24]
At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, he won the bronze medal in the Men's 1500 m T46.[2]
On 4 February 2017 at the inaugural Sydney Invitational, Roeger smashed the T46 1500m world record of 3:50.15 by running 3:46.51. Roeger had previously beaten the world record time but previous times were in unsanctioned events.[25]
Roeger was selected to compete at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, England but withdrew just prior to the competition due to injury.[26]
On 14 October 2018, in his debut marathon, he finished sixth in the Melbourne Marathon. His time 2:23.31 broke the previous world record of 2:26.44 but it was not ratified. After the race Roeger said "I’m over the moon to get the world record and finish on the MCG. It has been 10 years of work really, it is the third world record in the year, it is a pretty special feeling."[27]
At the 2019 London Marathon which was also the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships marathon event, he won the Men's T46 in world record time of 2:22:51 breaking the ratified world record of 2:26.44.[3] After originally being disqualified, he was awarded the silver medal in the Men's 1500 m at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai. His time was 3m:51.99.[28]
In 2018, he has a scholarship with the South Australian Institute of Sport and trains at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.[29]
1500m progression
Distance | Time / Distance |
Location | Date |
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1500m | 3:51.08 | Melbourne | 20 March 2014 |
1500m | 3:50.61 | Sydney | 19 March 2015 |
1500m | 3:48.55 | Boston | June 2015 |
1500m | 3:49.08 | Portland | 12 June 2016 |
1500m | 3:46.51 Ratified World Record[30] |
Sydney | 4 February 2017 |
1500m | 3:45.63 [31] | Sydney | 17 March 2018 |
5000m progression
Distance | Time / Distance |
Location | Date |
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5000m | 14:14.91 WR[32] |
Canberra | 11 March 2016 |
5000m | 14:06.56 WR [33] |
Gold Coast, Queensland | 15 February 2018 |
10000m progression
Distance | Time / Distance |
Location | Date |
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10000m | 29:24.19 WR |
Melbourne | 13 December 2018 |
Marathon progression
Distance | Time / Distance |
Location | Date |
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Marathon | 2:23.31 [27] |
Melbourne | 14 October 2018 |
Marathon | 2:22:51 WR | London | 28 April 2019[3] |
Marathon | 2:19.33 WR | Houston | 19 January 2020 |
Recognition
- 2014 - awarded Athletics Australia Male Para-athlete of the Year and his coach Philo Saunders was awarded Australian Sports Commission Para-Athletics Coach of the Year.[34]
- 2015 - University of Canberra Coca-Cola Amatil Athlete of the Year and Full Blue Award[35]
- 2015 - nominated Athletics Australia Male Para-athlete of the Year.[36]
- 2016 - Cosmopolitan Bachelor of the Year finalist[37]
- 2017- Strathalbyn's Young Citizen of the Year[38]
- 2018 - awarded Athletics Australia Male Para-athlete of the Year
- 2019 - International Paralympic Committee Athlete of the Month for April 2019[39]
Notes
- ^ "Australian Paralympic Athletics Team announced". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Michael Roeger". Rio Paralympics Official site. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ a b c "Michael Roeger unstoppable on London Marathon debut". International Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Michael Roeger". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Michael Simmons (25 September 2008). "Roeger does Langhorne Creek proud in Beijing". Victor Harbor Times. Retrieved 8 July 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Michael Simmons (2 July 2008). "From the Creek to Beijing". Victor Harbor Times. Retrieved 9 July 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Chris Dutton (6 June 2012). "Canberra's Paralympic athletes aim for Games glory". Australian Capital Territory: Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d Wilson, Chris (1 April 2014). "Paralympic runner Michael Roeger taking on coach at national athletics championships". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Comino, Kristyn. "Michael prepares for Paralympic performance". University of Canberra. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
- ^ McGrath, Olivia (11 September 2008). "Porter delivers golden Aussie highlight -". ABC Local — Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ^ Olivia McGrath (15 September 2008). "Cowdrey, O'Hanlon lead medal haul". ABC Local — Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ^ "Australian Paralympic Team Announced". Athletics ACT. 6 June 2012. Archived from the original on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ "Walters sprints for London — Teenager set for Paralympics debut". Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ Michael Roeger at the International Paralympic Committee
- Michael Roeger at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived) . Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ^ a b "Roeger wins bronze at Para champs". SBS News. 20 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ^ July 2013 "IPC13: Ballard wins third SILVER". Athletics Australia News. 26 July 2013.
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- ^ Page, Fleta (19 January 2014). "Australian Sports Commission represent Australia in JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge". Canberra Times. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ "Allcomers 19 March 2015 - 19/03/2015 to 20/03/2015" (PDF). Athletics NSW website. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ^ "Australian Championships - Day 2 results". Athletics Australia website.
- ^ Athletics Australia [@AthsAust] (12 June 2015). "run in #Boston smashing the T46 1500m WORLD RECORD!time: 3:48.55" (Tweet). Retrieved 15 June 2015 – via Twitter. {{Cite tweet}}: |date= / |number= mismatch (help)
- ^ "Doha 2015". Athletics Australia News. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ^ "@michaelroeger is that 3:49.08 today". David Tarbotton twitter. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ "Portland Track Festival - Men's 1500m results". Portland Track website. Archived from the original on 15 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ "Sydney Invitational smashes records". Athletics NSW website. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ Ryner, Sascha. "A silver lining for Australia". Athletics Australia News, 16 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Record runs by Roeger and Diver in Melbourne Marathon". Athletics Australia website.
- ^ "Roeger Finally Gets His Silver Medal". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ "Countdown to Rio 2016 Paralympics". South Australian Institute of Sport website. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ "@michaelroeger's WORLD RECORD T46 1500m has been ratified by the @Paralympics!". Athletics Australia twitter. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ Aubrey, Jane. "World Records for Clifford, Roeger, as Day posts a 100m PB in Sydney". Athletics Australia website. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "World record for Roeger as Mitchell and Wells post London qualifiers". Athletics Australia website. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ^ "#AthleticsGold: McDonald steams to 5000m victory on day one". Athletics Australia website. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ^ Gaskin, Lee (24 October 2014). "Canberra runner Michael Roeger named national men's para-athlete of the year". Canberra Times. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ "2015 Blues and Leadership Awards". UC Life! website. Retrieved 11 February 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "nominees for the 2015 Athlete of the Year Awards". Athletics Australia website. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ^ Winchester, Bree (15 December 2016). "Meet the Cosmopolitan Bachelor of the Year Canberra finalist". Canberra Times. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ Kelly, Ben (6 February 2017). "Michael Roeger awarded Strathalbyn's 2017 Young Citizen of the Year award". Victor Harbour Times. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ "Michael Roeger is Allianz Athlete of the Month". Inyternational Paralympic Committee website. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
External links
- Michael Roeger at the Australian Paralympic Committee
- Michael Roeger at the International Paralympic Committee
- Michael Roeger at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Michael Roeger at Australian Athletics Historical Results
- Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic athletes of Australia
- Living people
- 1988 births
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Australian Institute of Sport Paralympic track and field athletes
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Amputee category Paralympic competitors
- Australian amputees
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- South Australian Sports Institute alumni