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Melanie Seeger (born 8 January 1977 in Brandenburg an der Havel) is a German race walker. She has represented Germany at the Summer Olympics on three occasions (2004, 2008 and 2012). She has also competed at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics on four occasions and walked at four consecutive editions of the European Athletics Championships.
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| Personal information | |
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| Born | 8 January 1977 |
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) |
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| Country |  Germany |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 20km Race Walk |
She holds the German record for the indoor 3000 m walk.[1]
She took time away from athletics in 2009 to give birth to her first child, Helena. She returned to competition in 2010 and she had the best championship performance of her career at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, finishing fourth in the 20 kilometres race walk behind a Russian sweep of medalists.[2]
Achievements edit
References edit
- ^ Deutsche record Archived 2011-06-23 at the Wayback Machine. DLV. Retrieved on 2010-11-10.
- ^ Germany's Seeger still finds Barcelona 'unbelievable' Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2010-11-09). Retrieved on 2010-11-10.
External links edit
- Melanie Seeger at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Melanie Seeger". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
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