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| Born | November 12, 1965 (1965-11-12) (age 60) Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 4 ft 11 in (150 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 lb (41 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Michelle Rohl (born November 12, 1965, inMadison, Wisconsin) is an Americanracewalker. She represented her native country at three consecutiveSummer Olympics in 1992–2000.[1] A five-time USA Indoor Champion ('95, '96, '98, '00, and '01) and a four-time U.S. outdoor 20 km champion ('99–'01, and '03), she won a silver and a bronze medal at thePan American Games (1995 and 1999).
Rohl holds three race walk American records; in the10-km walk, 44:17 set on August 7, 1995, inGothenburg, Sweden; the20 kilometres race walk 1:31:51 set on May 13, 2000, inKenosha, Wisconsin; and the 15 kilometres race walk 1:08:35 also set in Kenosha en route to the 20 km record.[2]
Rohl won the Masters W50 mile race at USA Track & Field 2019 Masters Indoor Championships in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Rohl broke three American Records for W55 at the 2021USATF Masters Outdoor Championships inAmes, Iowa:800m (2:23.26),[3]1500m (4:54.16), and4 × 400 m relay (4:23.52); the relay time was also a World Record.[4] In 2022, she raced through the list of middle distances, improving on the 800 and 1500 while setting the 5000 and 10,000 American records, the 1500 and 5000 at theWorld Masters Athletics Championships. Her 4:47.63 1500 record was even superior toSylvia Mosqueda's age 50 record that was never ratified. A 3000 record was disallowed because she didn't have an adequate number of competitors.
Rohl came out of retirement and competed in the 20 km race walking event at the 2024 USATF Olympic Trials, finishing in third place at age 58. She did not have the time standard to qualify for the Olympics.
