.jpg) Moline in 2015 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Georganne Rochelle Moline |
| Nationality | American |
| Born | March 6, 1990 Missoula, Montana, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1] |
| Weight | 130 lb (59 kg)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Country |  United States |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | 400 metres hurdles, 400 metres |
| Coached by | Fred Harvey[1] |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 400m hurdles: 53.14 |
Medal record | |
Georganne Rochelle Moline (born March 6, 1990) is an American hurdler who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles and 400 metres. She won a spot in the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 400 meter hurdles.
Moline graduated from Thunderbird High School in Phoenix, Arizona.[2] During her junior and senior year of high school, she was the 4A-1 State Champion in the 100 meter hurdles and 300 meter hurdles.[2] Because of a stress fracture, Moline redshirted the outdoor season of her freshman year at the University of Arizona.[3] At the University of Arizona, she anchored the 4X400 relay, setting indoor and outdoor school records in 2010.[2] During the 2012 outdoor college season, Moline won the 400m hurdles title at the Pac-12 Championships. She was undefeated in every 400m hurdles event she entered that season, until she fell in the preliminary round of the NCAA championship.[2][3]
At the 2012 U.S. Olympic trials, she placed second in 400m hurdles with a time of 54.33 to make the Olympic team.[4][5] Moline made the Olympic team at age 22, after completing her junior year of college.[3]
At the Olympics, Moline won her 400m hurdles preliminary heat with a time of 54.31, a new personal best.[6] She placed second in her semifinal to automatically qualify for the Olympic final.[7] Moline finished fifth in the Olympic 400 meter hurdles final, again setting a personal best with a time of 53.92.[8]
