ROSE Alex

Samoa

Athletics

Date of Birth: 17 Nov 1991

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Birth Country:

United States of America

Place of residence : GRAND RAPIDS, MI

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's Discus Throw

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Men's Discus Throw Qualification - Group B	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Discus Throw
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Qual. (57.24)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Discus Throw
2019	Doha, QAT	Qual. (61.80)
2017	London, GBR	Qual. (61.62)
2015	Beijing, CHN	Qual. (59.07)
2013	Moscow, RUS	Qual. (56.19)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Discus Throw
2021	1 x 6th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
6	2021	Discus Throw	Stockholm, SWE	64.30

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
4	2021	Discus Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Walnut, CA, USA	62.07

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

Athlete, Sales

Education:

English Literature - Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI, USA

Family:

Wife Samantha

Languages spoken:

English

Coach:

Dane Miller [personal], USA, from 2015

Injuries:

He strained a hip abductor muscle a month before the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. As a result, he was only able to complete two days of throwing training in the month leading up to the Games. (mlive.com, 06 May 2019; misportsnow.com, 01 Apr 2020)

In 2014 he suffered a torn pectoral muscle during a competition in Chula Vista, CA, United States of America. The injury ended his collegiate career at Central Michigan University and had an impact on his performances during the 2015 season. (throwersuniteworldwide.com, 27 Jan 2016)

He sprained his ankle following a box jump accident three weeks before the 2010 Junior World Championships in Moncton, NB, Canada, but recovered in time to compete at the tournament. (gcmag.org, 20 Oct 2010)

Start:

He took up the sport at Ogemaw Heights High School in West Branch, MI, United States of America. (cm-life.com, 24 Apr 2016)

Reason:

His high school chemistry teacher, who was also an athletics coach at his school, suggested he join the athletics team. "I actually got into track and field because I wanted to be a jumper, but once I started throwing, I realised that's where I had the most upside." (cm-life.com, 24 Apr 2016)

Ambition:

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (fox17online.com, 17 Jan 2020)

Philosophy:

"My coach Dane Miller always reminds me how I need to do something to where, if I look back, 20-30 years from now, I don't say, 'Man, I really wish I would have trained a little harder, or I wish that I would have taken a couple more months off from working full-time'. He doesn't want me to have any regrets, and neither do I." (misportsnow.com, 01 Apr 2020)

General Interest

General
REPRESENTING SAMOA
Born in the United States of America, he is eligible to compete for Samoa through his father and has dual US and Samoan citizenship. His father moved from Samoa to the United States of America at age 19. "My father Ross was born and raised in Samoa in a small village in the middle of the island. I've always been someone who roots for the underdog. I love competing for a smaller country, a developing nation. It's just a different feeling. I'd love to get to the point where I'm at the Olympics and in the finals, and maybe it's just for 30 seconds on TV they say, 'And for the first time ever, a Samoan athlete qualified for the Olympic final'." (samoaobserver.ws, 16 Jun 2016; cm-life.com, 24 Apr 2016; woodradio.iheart.com, 31 Jul 2019)

OCCUPATION
He works as a technical sales engineer for a technology company in Grand Rapids, MI, United States of America. (Facebook profile, 30 Jun 2020; woodradio.iheart.com, 31 Jul 2019; LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2018)

FURTHER EDUCATION AND COACHING
From 2015 to 2017 he studied for a master's degree in business administration and management at Aurora University in Illinois, United States of America. During his studies he also served as a throws coach at Aurora University. (throwersuniteworldwide.com, 27 Jan 2016; cm-life.com, 24 Apr 2016; LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2018)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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