fullname coach event club birth_place weight nationality height pb sport birth_date article_title name
maria lynn michta-coffey tim seaman racewalking walk usa stony brook , new york 115 lb kg 0 on american 5 ft 5 in m 2 on '' ' : 1:30:49 american record '' ' 15km walk '' ' ' :1:07:51 american record '' ' 10km walk '' ' 20 :45:08 official split in 20k '' ' 5km walk '' & ' : 21:57 american record nbsp ; km walk '' track and field 23 june 1986 maria michta-coffey
 maria michta-coffey
maria michta-coffey

maria michta-coffey -lrb- born june 23 , 1986 -rrb- is an american race walker of polish descent .
she competed at the 2012 summer olympics in london in the 20 kilometer race walk after winning the u.s. olympic trials with a time of 1:34:53.33 .
at the 2012 olympics , she finished in 29th place in the 20 kilometer race walk with a time of 1:32:27 , a new personal best .
she has had a strong 2014 season , setting four american records in the race walk , and even breaking her own american record in the 20 km twice in just over one month .
she was the highest placed american finisher ever in the women 's 20 km iaaf world race walking cup , setting a new american record of 1:30:49 and finishing 30th .
michta has continued her winning ways earning her 6th national title of 2014 on september 14 at the national 30k in valley cottage , ny .
michta graduated from high school in the sachem school district on long island in new york in 2004 .
she graduated as valedictorian from long island university c. w. post campus in 2008 and then became a phd candidate at the mount sinai medical school in biomedical science .
michta married her sachem high school sweetheart joe coffey on july 3 , 2014 .
she will race under the new last name michta-coffey for the 2015 season .
