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Melanie Roche

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Melanie Roche is an Australian softball player born in Bankstown, New South Wales, in 1970. She won bronze medals at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, a silver medal at the 2004 Games and a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Taking part in four Olympic Games and winning four Olympic medals is an Australian Olympic record. In college she was a two-time First Team All-American at Oklahoma State University, where she played from 1990 to 1993 and recorded 774 strikeouts in 658 and two thirds innings, a ratio tied for 28th all-time. Oklahoma State inducted her into its Hall of Honor on 2 September 2011.

Facts
Birth Year
1970 1
Gender
Female 1
Medals or Titles Band
2-4 1
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Competed In

1996 Summer Olympics, Competitions
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2000 Summer Olympics, Competitions
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2004 Summer Olympics, Competitions
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2008 Summer Olympics, Competitions
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Plays

Softball, Sports
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Nationality

Australia

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Source Melanie Roche (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
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is a softball player from Australia
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1. Olympedia: Melanie Roche (Olympedia)
Olympedia
  • Biographical information, born
    Born 9 November 1970 in Sydney, New South Wales (AUS)
  • Biographical information, sex
    Sex Female
  • Medals, Olympic Games
    Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 4
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Melanie Roche (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, nationality
    is a softball player from Australia
  • Plays: Softball, Lead
    is a softball player from Australia
  • Competed In: 1996 Summer Olympics, Olympic participation, 1996-summer-olympics
    She has won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics, a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics along with a bronze medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics
  • Competed In: 2000 Summer Olympics, Olympic participation, 2000-summer-olympics
    She has won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics, a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics along with a bronze medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics
  • Competed In: 2004 Summer Olympics, Olympic participation, 2004-summer-olympics
    She has won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics, a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics along with a bronze medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics
  • Competed In: 2008 Summer Olympics, Olympic participation, 2008-summer-olympics
    She has won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics, a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics along with a bronze medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics
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