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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.
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She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the 20 kilometer race walk after winning the United States. Olympic trials with a time of 1:34:53.33. 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 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. West. Post Campus in 2008 and then became a Doctor of Philosophy 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.
