Georganne Moline

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Georganne Moline
Meeting Areva au stade de France a Paris 2015 (27).jpg
Moline in 2015
Personal information
Full nameGeorganne Rochelle Moline
NationalityAmerican
Born (1990-03-06) March 6, 1990 (age 33)
Missoula, Montana, U.S.
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm) [1]
Weight130 lb (59 kg) [1]
Sport
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 400 metres hurdles, 400 metres
Coached byFred Harvey [1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400m hurdles: 53.14
Medal record
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Birmingham 4×400 m relay
NACAC Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Toronto 400 m hurdles

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]

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References

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