12 Facts About Markus Rogan

Markus Rogan was the world record holder in 200 metres backstroke in that year.

Markus Rogan told Peirsol on television that the result was unfair and that Peirsol should protest.

Markus Rogan flew to Australia and competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, failing to advance beyond the heats in the backstroke.

Markus Rogan earned a scholarship to attend Stanford University from 2000 to 2004.

Back on the short course in Short Course World Championships in Manchester, Markus Rogan broke the world record again on 13 April 2008, in a time of 1:47.84, with Lochte finishing second by seven one-hundredths of a second.

At the 2008 European Championships in Eindoven, The Netherlands, in March 2008, Markus Rogan told reporters that he was planning to retire after the Beijing Olympics in August.

Markus Rogan won both the 100 and 200 metre backstroke events at those European Championships.

Markus Rogan was training in Italy and wanted to enjoy the home event with his Italian training partners.

Markus Rogan competed in his last Olympic games in London in 2012.

Markus Rogan was the director of performance psychology for the Brazilian Olympic Team in Rio de Janeiro, 2016.

In 2020, Markus Rogan secretly escaped Israel, after testing positive for COVID-19, breaking the law and resulting in his immediate dismissal from his post as performance psychology coach for the Jewish state's national soccer team, violating government regulations that prohibit confirmed COVID-19 patients from breaking quarantine, and went to Ben Gurion Airport.

Markus Rogan is married to Leanne Cobb, a marketing executive who was born in South Africa.