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Annette Rogers

Annette Rogers
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1932 Los Angeles 4x100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 1936 Berlin 4x100 m relay

Annette Rogers Kelly (22 October 1913 – 8 November 2006) was an American sprinter who competed mainly in the 100 metres.

She was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts and graduated from the Northwestern University.

She competed for the United States in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles in the 4 x 100 metres relay where she won the gold medal with her teammates Mary Carew, Evelyn Furtsch and Wilhelmina von Bremen. She returned to the following Olympics with teammates Harriet Bland, Betty Robinson and Helen Stephens to win her second Olympic gold medal. Rogers Kelly also helped set two world records in 4 × 100 m relay in 1932.

She died in Des Plaines, Illinois at the age of 93.



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