Michael Rodgers (born April 24, 1985) is an American professional

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sprinter who specializes in the 100 m and the

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. He won the gold medal in the 100m relay in Doha 2019. He is also the Pan-Am Games Champion.

Career

Rodgers attended Berkeley High School in St. Louis, Missouri where he ran varsity track and played varsity basketball for the Bulldogs. Later attended Lindenwood University and Oklahoma Baptist University where he was a 10-time NAIA national champion from 2005 to 2007. Rodgers still holds the NAIA Indoor 60m record with a 6.65. In 60 meters, he became the 2008 US Indoor Champion and went on to finish fourth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships. In the 100 meters he finished sixth at the 2008 World Athletics Final. The start of the 2009 outdoor season saw Rodgers improve his 100 and 200 meter personal bests: at the Grande Prêmio Brasil Caixa meet in May he recorded times of 10.01 and 20.24 seconds respectively. He further improved his 100 m best in June at the

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, breaking the 10-second barrier for the first time with a world-leading performance of 9.94 seconds. Rodgers qualified for his first World Championships in Athletics with a win at the 2009 US Championships in June. Of his first outdoor national victory he said: "This is my year. I came here with a lot of confidence. I think I can medal in Berlin if I work hard and stay humble." He reached the semi-finals at the 2009 World Championships, finishing fifth and just missing out on a place in the 100 m final. He closed the season with a fourth-place finish at the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final. The following year he turned to the 60 m at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and took the

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behind Dwain Chambers with a run of 6.53 seconds – his first medal on the global stage. He improved up to running 9.85 at the Prefontaine classic 2011. On July 19, 2011 he tested positive for a banned stimulant at a meeting in Italy. Rodgers claimed innocence, but accepted a provisional ban making him ineligible to participate at the World Championships in Daegu that year. He and his agent, Tony Campbell, initially claimed that Rodgers accidentally ingested the stimulant in an energy drink containing the stimulant at a club in Italy. He later accepted that he had taken a supplement called "Jack3d" which contained the stimulant methylhexanamine, a substance commonly found in nutritional supplements and energy drinks. In March 2012 he accepted a 9-month ban starting from the day his urine sample was taken, making him still eligible to participate at the USA Olympic Trials in

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that year.

Statistics

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profile.

Personal bests

International championship results

Circuit wins

;Outdoor *

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** Zürich Weltklasse: 2010 (4×100 m relay) **

Monaco Herculis The Herculis is an annual track and field meet at Stade Louis II in Fontvieille, Monaco. Previously one of the five IAAF Super Grand Prix events, it is now part of the Diamond League. World records Over the course of its history, five world reco ...

: 2012 (4×100 m relay), 2013 (4×100 m relay), 2015 (4×100 m relay) ** Lausanne Athletissima: 2013 (100 m) ** Paris Meeting Areva: 2014 (100 m) *Other World Tour / World Challenge meets ** Stockholm DN-galan: 2008 (4×100 m relay) ** Belém Grande Prêmio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo: 2009 (100 m & 200 m), 2010 (100 m) ** New York Reebok Grand Prix: 2009 (100 m) ** Eugene Prefontaine Classic: 2009 (100 m) ** Zhukovsky Znamensky Memorial: 2010 (100 m) ** Tokyo Seiko Golden Grand Prix: 2013 (100 m) ** Zagreb Hanžeković Memorial: 2013 (100 m), 2018 (100 m, 2019 (100 m) ** Madrid Meeting de Atletismo: 2015 (100 m) **

Nanjing World Challenge The Nanjing World Challenge is a track and field meet at Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre in Nanjing, China. The inaugural edition was held in 2019 as part of the IAAF World Challenge The IAAF World Challenge was an annual, global circuit of one-d ...

: 2019 (100 m) ** Turku Paavo Nurmi Games: 2019 (100 m) ;Indoor * World Indoor Tour (60 m) **Overall winner: 2016 ** Karlsruhe Indoor Meeting: 2016 ** Boston New Balance Indoor Grand Prix: 2016 ** Madrid Indoor Meeting: 2018, 2019

National championship results

Seasonal bests

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