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Markus Rogan
Markus Rogan (2008)Personal information Full name Markus Antonius Rogan Nationality Austria Born 4 May 1982
Vienna, AustriaHeight 6' 5" (195 cm) Weight 205 lbs (93 kg) Sport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) Backstroke College team Stanford Cardinal (USA) (2000-2004) Medal recordMen's swimming Competitor for Austria Olympic Games Silver Athens 2004[1] 100 m backstroke Silver Athens 2004 200 m backstroke World Championships (LC) Silver 2001 Fukuoka 200 m backstroke Silver 2005 Montreal[2] 200 m backstroke Bronze 2007 Melbourne[3] 200 m backstroke World Championships (SC) Gold 2008 Manchester 200 m backstroke Silver 2006 Shanghai 100 m backstroke Silver 2006 Shanghai 200 m backstroke Silver 2006 Shanghai 200 m medley Silver 2010 Dubai 200 m medley Bronze 2010 Dubai 200 m backstroke European Championships (LC) Gold 2004 Madrid 200 m backstroke Gold 2004 Madrid 200 m medley Gold 2008 Eindhoven 100 m backstroke Gold 2008 Eindhoven 200 m backstroke Silver 2002 Berlin 100 m backstroke Silver 2002 Berlin 200 m backstroke Silver 2004 Madrid 100 m backstroke Silver 2006 Budapest 100 m backstroke Silver 2010 Budapest 200 m medley Silver 2010 Budapest 200 m backstroke Bronze 2002 Berlin 200 m medley Bronze 2008 Eindhoven 4×200 m freestyle European Championships (SC) Gold 2004 Vienna 200 m backstroke Gold 2004 Vienna 200 m medley Gold 2005 Trieste 200 m backstroke Gold 2007 Debrecen 200 m backstroke Gold 2009 Istanbul 200 m medley Silver 2004 Vienna 100 m backstroke Silver 2004 Vienna 100 m medley Silver 2007 Debrecen 100 m backstroke Bronze 2003 Dublin 200 m backstroke Summer Universiade Gold 2007 Bangkok 200 m backstroke Silver 2007 Bangkok 100 m backstroke Bronze 2005 Izmir 200 m freestyle Markus Antonius Rogan (born 4 May 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 200 m backstroke at the 2008 World Championships in Manchester. He also is the world record holder in 200 metres backstroke (short course).
Rogan's first big international success was a second place finish in the 200 m 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 metre race was controversial as Peirsol was first disqualified but later reinstated as gold medalist.
As a teenager, the 6 ft 5 in tall Rogan swam for Mount Vernon High School (Alexandria, Virginia) 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 8 December 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 Sport at the 2008 European 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 metre backstroke events (long course) at those European Championships.
In the meantime Rogan changed his plans on retirement. He swam at 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.
At the 2010 European championships he grabbed silver in the 200 m IM behind Olympic Silver medalist László Cseh.
Ironically he hates swimming. He says "I really don't like swimming, it's terrible." He also says that training is boring and that he cannot wait to get out of the pool.[4]
2007-2009 he had a relationship with Austrian beauty queen Christine Reiler.[5]
External links
- Markus Rogan official website
- Swim Rankings profile
References
- ^ "2004 Olympic Games swimming results". CNN. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/schedules/117BySport.html. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- ^ "Montreal 2005 Results". Archived from the original on 2007-01-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20070128064425/http://www.fina.org/events/WC/Montreal_2005/results/sw.php. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
- ^ "12th FINA World Championships". Archived from the original on 2007-06-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20070606111744/http://www.fina.org/events/WC/Melbourne_2007/results/swimming.php. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
- ^ "Austria's Rogan can't wait to get out of pool". The Boston Globe. 2008-08-14. http://www.boston.com/sports/articles/2008/08/14/austrias_rogan_cant_wait_to_get_out_of_pool/. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
- ^ Press statement of Reiler (in German)
Awards Preceded by
Werner SchlagerAustrian Sportsman of the year
2004Succeeded by
Georg TotschnigWorld Short Course Champions in Men's 200 m Backstroke 1993: Tripp Schwenk (USA) · 1995: Rodolfo Falcón (CUB) · 1997: Neisser Bent (CUB) · 1999: Josh Watson (AUS) · 2000: Gordan Kožulj (CRO) · 2002: Aaron Peirsol (USA) · 2004: Aaron Peirsol (USA) · 2006: Ryan Lochte (USA) · 2008: Markus Rogan (AUT) · 2010: Ryan Lochte (USA)European Champions in Men's 100 m Backstroke 1926: Gustav Fröhlich (GER) • 1927: Eskil Lundahl (SWE) • 1931: Gerhard Deutsch (GER) • 1934: John Besford (GBR) • 1938: Heinz Schlauch (GER) • 1947: Georges Vallerey (FRA) • 1950: Göran Larsson (SWE) • 1954: Gilbert Bozon (FRA) • 1958: Robert Christophe (FRA) • 1970: Roland Matthes (GDR) • 1974: Roland Matthes (GDR) • 1977: Miloslav Rolko (TCH) • 1981: Sándor Wladár (HUN) • 1983: Dirk Richter (GDR) • 1985: Igor Polyansky (URS) • 1987: Sergei Zabolotnov (URS) • 1989: Martin López-Zubero (ESP) • 1991: Martin López-Zubero (ESP) • 1993: Martin López-Zubero (ESP) • 1995: Vladimir Selkov (RUS) • 1997: Martin López-Zubero (ESP) • 1999: Stev Theloke (GER) • 2000: David Ortega (ESP) • 2002: Stev Theloke (GER) • 2004: László Cseh (HUN) • 2006: Arkady Vyatchanin (RUS) • 2008: Markus Rogan (AUT) • 2010: Camille Lacourt (FRA)
European Champions in Men's 200 m Backstroke 1962: Leonid Barbier (URS) • 1966: Yuriy Gromak (URS) • 1970: Roland Matthes (GDR) • 1974: Roland Matthes (GDR) • 1977: Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN) • 1981: Sándor Wladár (HUN) • 1983: Sergey Zabolotnov (URS) • 1985: Igor Polyansky (URS) • 1987: Sergey Zabolotnov (URS) • 1989: Stefano Battistelli (ITA) • 1991: Martin López-Zubero (ESP) • 1993: Vladimir Selkov (RUS) • 1995: Vladimir Selkov (RUS) • 1997: Vladimir Selkov (RUS) • 1999: Ralf Braun (GER) • 2000: Gordan Kožulj (CRO) • 2002: Gordan Kožulj (CRO) • 2004: Markus Rogan (AUT) • 2006: Arkady Vyatchanin (RUS) • 2008: Markus Rogan (AUT) • 2010: Stanislav Donets (RUS)
European Champions in Men's 200 m Individual Medley 1970: Gunnar Larsson (SWE) • 1974: David Wilkie (GBR) • 1977: András Hargitay (HUN) • 1981: Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS) • 1983: Giovanni Franceschi (ITA) • 1985: Tamás Darnyi (HUN) • 1987: Tamás Darnyi (HUN) • 1989: Tamás Darnyi (HUN) • 1991: Lars Sørensen (DEN) • 1993: Jani Sievinen (FIN) • 1995: Jani Sievinen (FIN) • 1997: Marcel Wouda (NED) • 1999: Marcel Wouda (NED) • 2000: Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA) • 2002: Jani Sievinen (FIN) • 2004: Markus Rogan (AUT) • 2006: László Cseh (HUN) • 2008: László Cseh (HUN) • 2010: László Cseh (HUN)
European Short Course Champions in Men's 200 m Backstroke 1996: Emanuele Merisi (ITA) • 1998 – 2000: Örn Arnarson (ISL) • 2001: Gordan Kožulj (CRO) • 2002: Örn Arnarson (ISL) • 2003: Blaž Medvešek (SLO) • 2004 – 2005: Markus Rogan (AUT) • 2006: Arkady Vyatchanin (RUS) • 2007: Markus Rogan (AUT) • 2008: Aschwin Wildeboer (ESP) and Stanislav Donets (RUS) • 2009: Stanislav Donets (RUS) • 2010: Yannick Lebherz (GER)
European Short Course Champions in Men's 200 m Individual Medley 1996: Marcel Wouda (NED) • 1998: James Hickman (GBR) • 1999: Marcel Wouda (NED) • 2000: Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA) • 2001: Peter Mankoč (SLO) • 2002 – 2003: Jani Sievinen (FIN) • 2004: Markus Rogan (AUT) • 2005 – 2007: László Cseh (HUN) • 2008: James Goddard (GBR) • 2009: Markus Rogan (AUT) • 2010: Markus Deibler (GER)
Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 200 m Backstroke 1963: József Csikány (HUN) • 1965: Gary Dilley (USA) and Viktor Mazanov (URS) • 1967: Charles Hickcox (USA) • 1970: Mitch Ivey (USA) • 1973: David Johnson (USA) • 1977: Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN) • 1979: Kyle Miller (USA) • 1981: Sergey Zabolotnov (URS) • 1983: Sergey Zabolotnov (URS) • 1985: Igor Polyansky (URS) • 1987: Daichi Suzuki (JPN) • 1991: Tripp Schwenk (USA) • 1993: Rodolfo Falcón (CUB) • 1995: Ji Sang-Joon (KOR) • 1997: Emanuele Merisi (ITA) • 1999: Beau Wiebel (USA) • 2001: Bryce Hunt (USA) • 2003: Ouyang Kunpeng (CHN) • 2005: Blaž Medvešek (SLO) • 2007: Markus Rogan (AUT) • 2009 – 2011: Ryosuke Irie (JPN)
Categories:- 1982 births
- Living people
- Austrian swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Austria
- Olympic silver medalists for Austria
- Medley swimmers
- Male backstroke swimmers
- Stanford Cardinal swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Former world record holders in swimming
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Sportspeople from Vienna
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