Raevyn Rogers

Rogers at the 2018 USATF Indoor Champs in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Personal information
Born	(1996-09-07) September 7, 1996 (age 27) Houston, United States
Home town	Houston, TX
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Track and field
Event	Middle-distance running
College team	Oregon Ducks
Team	Nike
Turned pro	2017
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2020 800 m,  Bronze
World finals	2019 800 m,  Silver
Personal bests	400 m: 52.06 (Eugene 2018) 800 m: 1:56.81 (Tokyo 2021) Indoor 800 m: 1:59.99i (Albuquerque 2018)
Medal record Women's track and field Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 800 m World Championships 2019 Doha 800 m World Indoor Championships 2018 Birmingham 4x400 m relay World Youth Championships 2013 Donetsk Sprint medley relay 2013 Donetsk 800 m Pan American Junior Championships 2015 Edmonton 800 m 2015 Edmonton 4x400 m

Raevyn Rogers (born September 7, 1996)^[1] is an American middle-distance athlete. She won a bronze medal in the 800 meters at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, becoming the fourth fastest woman in U.S. history in the event.^[2] At the 2019 World Championships, Rogers came from seventh with 100m remaining in the race to place silver over USA teammate Ajeé Wilson in bronze. She earned a world indoor title as a member of national 4x400 m relay squad that took gold at the 2018 World Indoor Championships.

Rogers ran on the University of Oregon Ducks women's track and field team until 2017, when she went professional.

Athletic career

High school

Rogers attended The Kinkaid School in Houston, Texas, where she competed for the Falcons. She earned a bronze medal in the 800 at the World Youth Championships in 2013, where she also ran on a medley relay that took gold.^[3] She still holds individual school records in the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1600m.^[4] She graduated in 2014.

University of Oregon

Rogers was a six-time NCAA Division I champion and ten-time All-American at University of Oregon. She won three consecutive outdoor 800 meters NCAA and Pac-12 Conference titles (2015, 2016, 2017) as well as the 2017 Women's Bowerman Award.

Rogers enjoyed a breakthrough season in her first spring with the Ducks. At the 2015 Penn Relays, Rogers ran the 400m leg of the Sprint Medley, which won the race in a time of 3:44.59, narrowly defeating Clemson University.^[5] Her win at the NCAA championships contributed 10 points to a total of 59 team points, which won the meet for Oregon for the first time since 1985.^[6] She also won the 800 at the 2015 Outdoor U.S. Junior Championships and the 2015 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.^[7] In winning the 800-meter title at the 2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, her time of 1:59.71 was the fastest ever run by a freshman, and the fourth-fastest run by a Duck.

Rogers produced a collegiate record at 800 meters in her third and final year with the Ducks, setting a time of 1:59.10 that smashed a 27-year-old record.

Subsequent years

She placed 4th in the 800 meters (2:00.75) at 2018 NACAC Championships in Toronto.

Rogers placed 2nd in the 800 meters at 2018 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.

She placed 1st in the 4 × 400 m (3:30.54 in the prelim) and 5th in the 800 m (2:01.44) at 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Rogers placed 2nd in the 800 meters (2:01.74) behind champion Ajee' Wilson in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at 2018 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Rogers was part of Team USA setting world indoor record in the 4 × 800 m relay February 3 at 2018 Millrose Games in 8:05.89 – Chrishuna Williams (2:05.10), Raevyn Rogers (2:00.45), Charlene Lipsey (2:01.98), Ajee' Wilson (1:58.37).^[8][9]

She competed in the women's 800 meters at the 2016 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics, running 2:04.78 in the final round to earn fourth place.^[10]

Rogers competed in the women's 800 meters at the 2015 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, running 2:04.62 in the final round to earn first place.

She competed in the women's 800 meters at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics, running 2:08.01 in the preliminary round to rank No. 22 as a non-qualifying athlete.^[11]

Rogers competed in the women's 800 meters at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics, running 2:03.32 in the final round to earn bronze medal.^[12]

Achievements

International competitions

Information taken from World Athletics profile.^[1]

Representing the  United States

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	800 m	1:56.81 PB
	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, OR, United States	4th	800 m	1:58.01
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	2nd	800 m	1:58.18
	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, OR, United States	3rd	800 m	1:58.65
2018	NACAC Championships	Toronto, Canada	4th	800 m	2:00.75
	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	5th	800 m	2:01.44
			1st	4x400 m	3:30.54 (p)
2016	NACAC U23 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	4th	800 m	2:04.78
	Millrose Games	New York, NY, United States	4th	800 m	2:00.90
2015	Pan American U20 Championships	Edmonton, AB, Canada	1st	800 m	2:04.62
2014	World U20 Championships	Eugene, OR, United States	22nd	800 m	2:08.01
2013	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine	3rd	800 m	2:03.32
			1st	medley relay	2:05.15 [13]

US Track & Field Championships

University of Oregon

Sources.^[23][24][25]

Personal bests