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{{Short description|American athlete}}
{{more footnotes|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Rochelle Stevens
| image =
| education = [[Melrose High School (Memphis, Tennessee)]]
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|September 8, 1966}}
| birth_place = [[Memphis, Tennessee]], U.S.
| headercolor = lightsteelblue
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]] }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1995 World Championships in Athletics|1995 Gothenburg]] | [[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1991 World Championships in Athletics|1991 Tokyo]] | [[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Goodwill Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1990 Goodwill Games|1990 Seattle]] | [[Athletics at the 1990 Goodwill Games|4 × 400 m relay]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1990 Goodwill Games|1990 Seattle]] | [[Athletics at the 1990 Goodwill Games|400 m]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[1987 Pan American Games|1987 Indianapolis]]|[[Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games|4 × 400 m relay]]}}
}}

'''Rochelle Stevens''' (born September 8, 1966) is a former 1996 [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medalist for the [[United States]] in the women's 4 × 400-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]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=Rochelle Stevens Olympic medals and stats |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=STEVEROC01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930062213/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=STEVEROC01 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |access-date=2022-09-06 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-01-09 |title=Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame |url=http://tshf.net/inductees/2006Stevens.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109191301/http://tshf.net/inductees/2006Stevens.htm |archive-date=2011-01-09 |access-date=2022-09-06 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rochelle Stevens |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/rochelle-stevens}}</ref> Track and Field Head Coach at [[LeMoyne–Owen College|LeMoyne-Owen College]] since 2021.

== Biography ==
At [[college athletics|college]]-level, she was an [[NCAA]] Division I 400&nbsp;m champion and won NCAA [[All-America]]n honours eleven times. She won at the [[USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships]] on four occasions and was the 400&nbsp;m champion at the 1992 [[United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|US Olympic Trials]]. Over the course of her career she placed in the season's top-ten 400&nbsp;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|LeMoyne-Owen College]] hired Stevens as Track and Field Head Coach and Director of Operations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-28 |title=Gold medalist Rochelle Stevens adds new challenge as track coach at LeMoyne-Owen |url=https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/local/gold-medalist-rochelle-stevens-adds-new-challenge-track-coach-lemoyne-owen/WOD7XYJCFRGZJFMY7JGD6TQGK4/ |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=FOX13 News Memphis |language=en}}</ref>

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{{Footer Olympic Champions 4x400 m Women}}
{{Footer World Champions 4 x 400 m Women}}
{{Footer Universiade Champions 4x400m Women}}
{{Footer Pan American Champions 4x400m Women}}
{{USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in women's 200 m}}
{{Footer US NC 400m Women}}
{{Footer USA Track & Field 1992 Summer Olympics}}
{{Footer USA Track & Field 1996 Summer Olympics}}
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[[Category:American female sprinters]]
[[Category:Morgan State Bears women's track and field athletes]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
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[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Memphis, Tennessee]]
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[[Category:World Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
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[[Category:Goodwill Games medalists in athletics]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games]]
[[Category:Olympic female sprinters]]
[[Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportswomen]]

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