Rochelle Stevens

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Rochelle Stevens (born September 8, 1966) is a former 1996 Olympic gold medalist for the United States in the women's 4x400-meter relay. She was also part of the team that won the silver medal in the same event and 6th in the world at 400 meters at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.[1][2][3] Track and Field Head Coach at LeMoyne-Owen College since 2021.

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Rochelle Stevens
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BornSeptember 8, 1966 (1966-09-08) (age 58)
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
EducationMelrose High School (Memphis, Tennessee)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta4x400 m relay
1992 Barcelona4x400 m relay
World Championships
1995 Gothenburg4x400 m relay
1991 Tokyo4x400 m relay
Goodwill Games
1990 Seattle4x400 m relay
1990 Seattle400m
Pan American Games
1987 Indianapolis4x400 m relay
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Biography

At college-level, she was an NCAA Division I 400 m champion and won NCAA All-American honours eleven times. She won at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on four occasions and was the 400 m champion at the 1992 US Olympic Trials. Over the course of her career she placed in the season's top-ten 400 m runners a total of six times.

Since 1999, Stevens helped thousands of clients lose weight and get healthy with her weight loss and cardio DVD at Rochelle's Health and Wellness Spa. The Memphis City Council renamed a street in front of Stevens alma mater Melrose High School (Memphis, Tennessee) to Olympian Rochelle Stevens Avenue.

In 2021, LeMoyne-Owen College hired Stevens as Track and Field Head Coach and Director of Operations.[4]

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