2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Roeger
Personal information
Nationality
Australian
Born
(1988-05-14) 14 May 1988 (age 36) Adelaide, South Australia
Height
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight
61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Country
Australia
Sport
Paralympic athletics
Medal record
Track and field (athletics) T46
Paralympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Men's 1500m – T46
World Para Athletics Championships
2019 London
Men's Marathon – T46
2019 Dubai
Men's 1500m – T46
2023 Paris
Men's 1500m – T46
2013 Lyon
Men's 1500m – T46
2013 Lyon
Men's 5000m – T46
2015 Doha
Men's 1500m – T46
Michael Roeger (born 14 May 1988) is an Australian T46 athletics competitor. He competed at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 and 2020 Summer Paralympics athletics in middle distance and marathon running events. He has won one gold and three bronze medals at the IPC Athletics World Championships and a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[1][2] His gold in the Men's T46 marathon at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was held as part of the London Marathon, set a new world record.[3]
Roeger competed at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics in the marathon.[4] He has been selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Paris,France - his fifth Games - in the Men's 1500 m T46. [5]
^"Australian Paralympic Athletics Team announced". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 2 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
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^"Australian Paralympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
^"Experience And Youth Combine For Paris Games | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
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