1. Michael Roeger was born on 14 May 1988 and is an Australian T46 athletics competitor.
27 Facts About Michael Roeger
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Michael Roeger competed at the 2008,2012,2016,2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics in athletics in middle distance and marathon running events.
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Michael Roeger has won one gold, one silver and four bronze medals at the World Para Athletics Championships and a silver and bronze medal at the Paralympics.
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Michael Roeger is missing the lower half of his right arm.
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Michael Roeger played junior football at the Langhorne Creek Football Club.
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Michael Roeger moved away from there and to Canberra in 2009.
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Michael Roeger is a T46 classified athlete, competing in 800 metres,1,500 metres and 5,000 metre events.
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Michael Roeger is a member of the Adelaide area Hills District Athletic Club.
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Michael Roeger has held an athletics scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport.
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Michael Roeger started competing in athletics in 1999 when he competed for his high school's cross country team.
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At the 2008 Victorian Country Championships, Michael Roeger set a Paralympic A qualifying time of 4:02.04 in the 1500 metres.
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Michael Roeger set qualifying times in the 800 metres and 5,000 metres.
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Michael Roeger set a personal best time in the 1,500 metre event, finishing in eighth place, and came 11th place in the final of the 5,000 metres.
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Michael Roeger did not make the finals in the 800 metre event.
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Michael Roeger was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics in the 800 metres event.
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In 2014, Michael Roeger ran almost a five-second 1500 m personal best on 20 March 2014 at the Victorian Milers Club.
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Michael Roeger's time was just short of the world record, 3:50.2 and the second best time in his class.
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In June 2015 in Boston, United States, Michael 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.
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On 12 June 2016, Michael Roeger ran 3:49.08 in the Men's 1500m at the Portland Track Festival to break the Men's 1500m T46 world record.
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On 4 February 2017 at the inaugural Sydney Invitational, Michael Roeger smashed the T46 1500m world record of 3:50.15 by running 3:46.51.
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Michael Roeger had previously beaten the world record time but previous times were in unsanctioned events.
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Michael 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.
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Michael Roeger finished 6th in the Men's Marathon T46 at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, his fourth Paralympics.
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Michael Roeger went into the event as favourite but a stress fracture in his leg in the month leading up to the Games led to a compromised, preparation and training load coming into Tokyo.
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At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Michael Roeger competed in the Marathon T46 where he finished sixth.
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Michael Roeger was forced to switch back to the 1500m after the marathon was omitted from the 2024 Paris Paralympics program.
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Michael Roeger won the silver medal in a time of 3:51.19 after leading most of the race.