Markus Rogan

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Medal record
Competitor for Austria
Men's Swimming
Olympic Games
Silver	Athens 2004^[1]	100 m backstroke
Silver	Athens 2004	200 m backstroke
World Championships
Silver	2001 Fukuoka	200m backstroke
Silver	2005 Montreal^[2]	200 m backstroke
Bronze	2007 Melbourne^[3]	200 m backstroke
World Championships - Short Course
Gold	2008 Manchester	200m backstroke
Silver	2006 Shanghai	100m backstroke
Silver	2006 Shanghai	200m backstroke
Silver	2006 Shanghai	200m individual medley
European Championships (LC)
Gold	2004 Madrid	200m Backstroke
Gold	2004 Madrid	200m Medley
Gold	2008 Eindhoven	100m Backstroke
Gold	2008 Eindhoven	200m Backstroke
Silver	2002 Berlin	100m Backstroke
Silver	2002 Berlin	200m Backstroke
Silver	2004 Madrid	100m Backstroke
Silver	2006 Budapest	100m Backstroke
Bronze	2002 Berlin	200m Medley
Bronze	2008 Eindhoven	4x200 m freestyle
Summer Universiade
Bronze	2005 Izmir	200m Freestyle
Gold	2007 Bangkok	200m Backstroke
Silver	2007 Bangkok	100m Backstroke

Markus Antonius Rogan (born May 4, 1982 in Vienna) is an Austrian swimmer, who won two silver medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and a gold medal for 200m backstroke at the 2008 World Championships in Manchester. He also is the world record holder in 200 meter Backstroke (Short course, 25 meter pool).

Rogan's first big international success was a second place finish in the 200m Backstroke at the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

In the Olympics in 2004, Rogan placed second in both Men's 100 m Backstroke and the Men's 200 m Backstroke, both times behind Aaron Peirsol of the United States. The 200 meter race was controversial as Peirsol was first disqualified but later reinstated as gold medalist.

Markus Rogan (2008)

As a teenager, the 6' 5" tall Rogan swam for Mount Vernon High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, where he trained with the Curl-Burke Swim Club. In July 2000, he cut short his final season of the Northern Virginia Swim League, swimming for the Mansion House Piranhas (of Mount Vernon), and flew to Australia where he competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, failing to advance beyond the heats in the backstroke. He earned a scholarship to attend Stanford University from 2000-2004. On December 8, 2005, in Trieste, Markus set a new world record in the 200 m backstroke for short course swim pools, with 1:50.43. This world record was then broken by American swimmer Ryan Lochte, who lowered the standard to 1:49.05 at the 2006 FINA Short Course World Championships in Shanghai, China. Back on the Short Course in Manchester 2008, Rogan broke the world record again on 13 April 2008, setting the new record with 1:47,84, with Lochte finishing second by seven one-hundredths of a second (also under the old world record.) Both swimmers were wearing the new Speedo LZR Racer swimsuit.

In an interview with BBC Sports at the European Swimming Championships in Eindoven, The Netherlands, in March 2008, Markus told reporters that he was planning to retire from competitive swimming after the Beijing Olympics in August. Markus won both the 100 and 200 meter Backstroke events (long course) at those European Championships. In the meantime Rogan changed his plans to retire. He will at least swim on a competitive level till the World Championships 2009 in Rome. As he is training in Italy, the event is virtually on homeground and he wants to enjoy the home event with his Italian training partners.