Michelle Rohl (born November 12, 1965, in Madison, Wisconsin) is a retired female track and field

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from the United States, who competed in race walking. She represented her native country at three consecutive

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, starting in 1992. 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 the

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(1995 and 1999). Rohl holds three race walk American records; in the

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, 44:17 set on August 7, 1995, in Göteborg, Sweden; the

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1:31:51 set on May 13, 2000, in Kenosha, Wisconsin; and the 15 kilometres race walk 1:08:35 also set in Kenosha en route to the 20 km record. 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 2021 USATF Masters Outdoor Championships in

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(2:23.26),

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(4:54.16), and

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(4:23.52); the relay time was also a World Record. In 2022, she Rohled 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 the World Masters Athletics Championships. Her 4:47.63 1500 record was even superior to

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's age 50 record that was never ratified. A 3000 record was disallowed because she didn't have an adequate number of competitors.

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Michelle Rohl
at USA Track & Field * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rohl, Michelle 1965 births Living people American female racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Sportspeople from Madison, Wisconsin Track and field athletes from Wisconsin Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field) 21st-century American women American masters athletes