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{{short description|Austrian swimmer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Markus Rogan
| image          = Markus Rogan AMADEUS2008.jpg
| image_size     = 200
| caption        = Rogan in 2008
| full_name      = Markus Antonius Rogan
| nicknames      = 
| nationality    = {{AUT}}
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1982|5|4|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Vienna]], Austria
| death_date     = 
| death_place    = 
| height         = {{convert|1.96|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight         = {{convert|93|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| website        = {{URL|www.markusrogan.at|MarkusRogan.at}}
| strokes        = [[Individual Medley]], [[Backstroke]]
| club           = 
| collegeteam    = [[Stanford Cardinal]] <small>(USA) (2000–2004)</small>
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUT}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke|100 m backstroke]] }}
{{MedalSilver | 2004 Athens | [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke|200 m backstroke]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships|2001 Fukuoka]] | [[Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke|200 m backstroke]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships|2005 Montreal]] | [[Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke|200 m backstroke]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships|2007 Melbourne]] | [[Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke|200 m backstroke]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|World Championships (SC)]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|2008 Manchester]] | 200 m backstroke }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|2006 Shanghai]] | 100 m backstroke }}
{{MedalSilver | 2006 Shanghai | 200 m backstroke }}
{{MedalSilver | 2006 Shanghai | 200 m medley }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|2010 Dubai]] | [[2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre individual medley|200 m medley]] }}
{{MedalBronze | 2010 Dubai | [[2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre backstroke|200 m backstroke]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships (LC)]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2004 European Aquatics Championships|2004 Madrid]] | 200 m backstroke }}
{{MedalGold | 2004 Madrid | 200 m medley }}
{{MedalGold | [[2008 European Aquatics Championships|2008 Eindhoven]] | 100 m backstroke }}
{{MedalGold | 2008 Eindhoven | 200 m backstroke }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2002 European Aquatics Championships|2002 Berlin]] | 100 m backstroke }}
{{MedalSilver | 2002 Berlin | 200 m backstroke }}
{{MedalSilver | 2004 Madrid | 100 m backstroke }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2006 European Aquatics Championships|2006 Budapest]] | 100 m backstroke }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2010 European Aquatics Championships|2010 Budapest]] | 200 m backstroke }}
{{MedalSilver | 2010 Budapest | 200 m medley }}
{{MedalBronze | 2002 Berlin | 200 m medley }}
{{MedalBronze | 2008 Eindhoven | 4×200 m freestyle }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2012 European Aquatics Championships|2012 Debrecen]] | [[Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley|200 m medley]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[European Short Course Swimming Championships|European Championships (SC)]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2004 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2004 Vienna]] | 200 m backstroke }}
{{MedalGold | 2004 Vienna | 200 m medley }}
{{MedalGold | [[2005 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2005 Trieste]] | 200 m backstroke }}
{{MedalGold | [[2007 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2007 Debrecen]] | 200 m backstroke }}
{{MedalGold | [[2009 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2009 Istanbul]] | 200 m medley }}
{{MedalSilver | 2004 Vienna | 100 m backstroke }}
{{MedalSilver | 2004 Vienna | 100 m medley }}
{{MedalSilver | 2007 Debrecen | 100 m backstroke }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2011 Szczecin]] | 200 m medley }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2003 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2003 Dublin]] | 200 m backstroke }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Universiade|Universiade]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 2007 Summer Universiade|2007 Bangkok]] | 200 m backstroke }}
{{MedalSilver | 2007 Bangkok | 100 m backstroke }}
{{MedalBronze | [[Swimming at the 2005 Summer Universiade|2005 Izmir]] | 200 m freestyle }}
}}

'''Markus Antonius Rogan''' (born 4 May 1982 in [[Vienna]]) is a retired Austrian swimmer, who won two [[silver]] medals at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]], Greece and a gold medal for 200&nbsp;m backstroke at the [[2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|2008 World Short Course Championships]] in [[Manchester]]. He also was the world record holder in 200 metres backstroke ([[Short course (swimming)|short course]]) in that year.

Rogan's first big international success was a second-place finish in the 200&nbsp;m backstroke at the [[Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships|2001 World Championships]] in [[Fukuoka]], Japan.

In the [[2004 Summer Olympics|Olympics]] in 2004, Rogan placed second in both [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke|men's 100&nbsp;m backstroke]] and the [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke|men's 200&nbsp;m backstroke]], both times behind [[Aaron Peirsol]] of the United States. The 200 metre race was controversial as Peirsol was first disqualified but later reinstated as gold medalist. Rogan told Peirsol on television that the result was unfair and that Peirsol should protest.

As a teenager, the 6&nbsp;ft&nbsp;5&nbsp;in tall Rogan swam for [[Mount Vernon High School (Alexandria, Virginia)|Mount Vernon High School]] in Fairfax County, Virginia, where he trained with the Curl-Burke Swim Club.  In July 2000, he cut short his final season of the Northern Virginia Swim League, swimming for the Mansion House Piranhas (of Mount Vernon). He flew to Australia and competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, failing to advance beyond the heats in the backstroke.

He earned a scholarship to attend [[Stanford University]] from 2000 to 2004. On 8 December 2005, in [[Trieste]], Rogan set a new world record in the 200&nbsp;m backstroke for short course swim pools, with 1:50.43. This world record was later broken by American swimmer [[Ryan Lochte]]. Back on the short course in [[2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|Short Course World Championships in Manchester]], Rogan broke the world record again on 13 April 2008, in a time of 1:47.84, with Lochte finishing second by seven one-hundredths of a second (also under the old world record). Both swimmers were wearing the new Speedo [[LZR Racer]] swimsuit.

At the [[2008 European Aquatics Championships|2008 European Championships]] in Eindoven, The Netherlands, in March 2008, Rogan told reporters that he was planning to retire after the Beijing Olympics in August. He won both the 100 and 200 metre backstroke events (long course) at those European Championships.

In the meantime, Rogan changed his plans on retirement. He swam at the World Championships in 2009 in Rome. He was training in Italy and wanted to enjoy the home event with his Italian training partners.

At the [[2010 European Aquatics Championships|2010 European championships]] he won silver in the 200&nbsp;m IM behind Olympic Silver medalist [[László Cseh]]. Rogan competed in his last Olympic games in London in 2012.

He is now a psychologist working with athletes. He was the director of performance psychology for the Brazilian Olympic Team in Rio de Janeiro, 2016.

In 2020, Markus secretly escaped Israel, after testing positive for COVID-19, breaking the law and resulting in his immediate dismissal from his post as performance psychology coach for the Jewish state’s national soccer team, violating government regulations that prohibit confirmed COVID-19 patients from breaking quarantine, and went to Ben Gurion Airport.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-10-20|title=בהתאחדות בוחנים האם היה גורם שעזר למרקוס רוגן לצאת מהארץ|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/sport/israelisoccer/article/HkedrynDD|access-date=2020-10-20|website=ynet|language=he |last1=צנציפר |first1=נדב }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bachner|first=Michael|title=US-based Olympic medalist said to flee Israel after catching COVID, breaking law|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-based-olympic-medalist-said-to-flee-israel-after-catching-covid-breaking-law/|access-date=2020-10-21|website=[[The Times of Israel]]|language=en-US |issn=0040-7909}}</ref><ref name=derstandard>{{cite news |title=Markus Rogan flüchtete trotz positiven Corona-Tests aus Israel |url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000121045202/markus-rogan-fluechtete-trotz-positivem-coronatest-aus-israel |access-date=29 August 2023 |work=derstandard.at |language=de-at}}</ref><ref name=derstandard_interview>{{cite news |title=Rogan zu Corona-Flucht: "Ich habe das Hirn ausgeschaltet" |url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000121122539/rogan-zu-corona-flucht-hirn-ausgeschaltet |access-date=29 August 2023 |work=derstandard.at |language=de-at}}</ref>

He is married to Leanne Cobb, a marketing executive who was born in South Africa. They live together in Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/sports/articles/2008/08/14/austrias_rogan_cant_wait_to_get_out_of_pool/ |title=Austria's Rogan can't wait to get out of pool |access-date=2008-08-14 |work=The Boston Globe |date=14 August 2008}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[World record progression 200 metres backstroke]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Markus Rogan}}
* {{World Aquatics}}
* {{Swimrankings}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com|markus-rogan}}
* {{Team Austria|markus-rogan/2316}}

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{{succession box
| before = [[Hans-Peter Steinacher]]
| title = [[List of flag bearers for Austria at the Olympics|Flagbearer]] for [[Austria]]
| years = [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]
| after = [[Liu Jia]]
}}
{{s-end}}
{{Austrian Sportsperson of the Year}}
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