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Annette Rogers

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Annette Rogers

Birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
8 Nov 2006 (aged 93)
Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot
Section 33, Block 186, Lot 18, Grave 2
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Olympic Games Gold Medalist Athlete. She was a two-time Olympic gold medalist. At the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, she won the gold in the 4x100m relay, setting a World Record in that event. In the Berlin Olympics in 1936, she again won the gold in the 4x100m relay. That year she was also the US National Outdoor Champion in the high jump. Rogers has been inducted into the Chicago Sports Hall of Fame and the Northwestern Athletic Hall of Fame.
Olympic Games Gold Medalist Athlete. She was a two-time Olympic gold medalist. At the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, she won the gold in the 4x100m relay, setting a World Record in that event. In the Berlin Olympics in 1936, she again won the gold in the 4x100m relay. That year she was also the US National Outdoor Champion in the high jump. Rogers has been inducted into the Chicago Sports Hall of Fame and the Northwestern Athletic Hall of Fame.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
  • Added: Nov 13, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16631273/annette-rogers: accessed ), memorial page for Annette Rogers (22 Oct 1913–8 Nov 2006), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16631273, citing All Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.