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{{short description|American sprinter and high jumper}}
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| name = 
| image = Annette Rogers 1936.jpg
| image_size = 240 px
| caption = Rogers in 1936
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| nationality =
| birth_date = October 22, 1913
| birth_place = [[Chelsea, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| death_date = November 8, 2006 (aged 93)
| death_place = [[Des Plaines, Illinois]], U.S.
| height = 162 cm
| weight = 50 kg
| country = 
| sport = Athletics
| event = Sprint, [[high jump]]
| pb = 100 m – 12.1 (1936)<br>200 m – 25.7 (1934)<br>HJ – 1.587 m (1936)<ref name=sr/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=2304&Gender=W |title=Annette Rogers |website=trackfield.brinkster.net}}</ref>
| club = ICCW, Chicago
| education = [[Northwestern University]]
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| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Los Angeles]] | [[Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Berlin]] | [[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
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'''Annette Rogers''' (later ''Kelly'', October 22, 1913 – November 8, 2006) was an American sprinter and high jumper. She competed in the individual 100 m, {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} relay and high jump at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics and won two gold medals in the relay, setting a [[Women's 4 × 100 metres relay world record progression|world record]] in 1932. She placed fifth in the individual 100 m in 1932 and sixth in the high jump in 1932 and 1936.<ref name=obit/> Domestically she won the AAU outdoor titles in the 100 yards in 1933 and in the relay in 1931–1933. She also won the AAU indoor titles in the 200 m and high jump in 1933 and 1936.<ref name=sr/>

Rogers was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, but at an early age moved to Chicago with her parents, John and Mary Rogers, two immigrants from Ireland. Rogers graduated from [[Senn High School]] in Chicago, and she ran for [[Northwestern University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nusports.com/sports/2015/3/18/GEN_20140101221|title=Annette Rogers Kelly - Northwestern}}</ref> She then worked as a teacher of physical education in the Chicago public school system, retiring in 1965. While going to school and working, Rogers trained and competed with the following organizations—Illinois Women's Athletic Club (IWAC), 1930–1933, Lincoln Park, 1933–34, and Illinois Club for Catholic Women (ICCW). Rogers married Peter J. Kelly in 1948.<ref name=ct/>

==References==
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<ref name=obit>{{cite news |author=USATF |title=Double Olympic relay gold medallist dies |url=https://live.aws.iaaf.org/news/news/double-olympic-relay-gold-medallist-dies |publisher=IAAF |date=November 10, 2006 |access-date=November 27, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809130906/https://live.aws.iaaf.org/news/news/double-olympic-relay-gold-medallist-dies |archive-date=August 9, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/annette-rogers-1.html |title=Annette Rogers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000856/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/annette-rogers-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-18}}</ref>
<ref name=ct>Tony C. Yang, "Annette Rogers Kelly: 1913-2006," ''Chicago Tribune'', 11 November 2006</ref>

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