Alain Rohr (born 25 December 1971) is a retired

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, who specialized in the

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. Rohr finished fourth in

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at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Cédric El-Idrissi, Martin Leiser and Andreas Oggenfuss. Earlier, during the series, the same Swiss team had realised 3.04,09, a new national record.
He finished fifth in

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at the 2000 European Indoor Championships. His personal best time in the 400 m hurdles is 49.19 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in

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* 1971 births Living people Swiss male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Switzerland {{Switzerland-athletics-bio-stub