Michael Roeger
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| Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||
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14 May 1988 Adelaide, South Australia | ||||||||||||
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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 and 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics in middle distance running events.
Personal
Roeger was born on 14 May 1988,[1] and is from Langhorne Creek,[2][3] South Australia.[4] He is missing the lower half of his right arm.[2][3][5] He played junior football at the Langhorne Creek Football Club.[2] Growing up, he played basketball, table tennis and cricket.[2] He moved away from there and to Canberra in 2009.[5] In 2012, he was a student at the University of Canberra working on a Bachelor of Communications in Advertising and Marketing.[5]
Athletics
Roeger is a T46 classified athlete, competing in 800 metres,1,500 metres and 5,000 metre events.[2][3][5] He is a member of the Adelaide area Hills District Athletic Club.[3] In 2008, when in Adelaide, he trained with Pete Davis and Marc Fairhead.[3] He has held an athletics scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport.[5] He started competing in athletics in 1999 when he competed for his high school's cross country team.[3]
At the 2008 Victorian Country Championships, Roeger set a Paralympic A qualifying time of 4:02.04 in the 1500 metres.[3] At the time, this was the second best time ever set in the world.[3] He also set qualifying times in the 800 metres and 5,000 metres.[3] As a twenty year old, he represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.[2][3] He did not earn a medal at the Games.[2][5] He set a personal best time in the 1,500 metre event,[2] finishing in eighth place,[6] and came 11th place in the final of the 5,000 metres. He did not make the finals in the 800 metre event.[7] He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics in the 800 metres event.[1][4][5][8][9] His Paralympic training included five gym sessions a week with a focus on leg strength.[5] He competed in the Men's 800 m T46 at the 2012 London and but did not medal.[10]
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. [11] [12] He is coached by Philo Saunders. [11]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Michael Roeger". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Michael Simmons (2008-09-25). "Roeger does Langhorne Creek proud in Beijing". Victor Harbor Times. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Michael Simmons (2008-07-02). "From the Creek to Beijing". Victor Harbor Times. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chris Dutton (2012-06-06). "Canberra's Paralympic athletes aim for Games glory". Australian Capital Territory: Canberra Times. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 Comino, Kristyn. "Michael prepares for Paralympic performance". University of Canberra. Retrieved July 2012.
- ↑ McGrath, Olivia (2008-09-11). "Porter delivers golden Aussie highlight -". ABC Local — Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
- ↑ Olivia McGrath (2008-09-15). "Cowdrey, O'Hanlon lead medal haul". ABC Local — Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
- ↑ "Australian Paralympic Team Announced". Athletics ACT. 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
- ↑ "Walters sprints for London — Teenager set for Paralympics debut". Canberra Times (Canberra, Australia). 7 June 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ↑ Michael Roeger's profile on paralympic.org. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "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.