Heike Melchior

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Heike Melchior
 
Born (1967-08-18) 18 August 1967 (age 55)
Team
Curling clubEintracht Frankfurt e.V., [1]
RSC Frankfurt [2]
Career
Member AssociationFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
World Wheelchair Championship
appearances
5 (2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019)
Paralympic
appearances
1 (2018)

Heike Melchior (born 18 August 1967 in Frankfurt) is a German wheelchair curler. [3] [4]

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She participated in the 2018 Winter Paralympics where German wheelchair curling team finished on eighth place.

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
2010–11 Jens Gäbel (fourth) Marcus Sieger (skip) Stefan Deuschl Christiane Steger Heike Melchior Helmar Erlewein WWhCC 2011 (9th)
2011–12 Jens Jäger Caren Totzauer Martin Schlitt Uwe Raschke Heike Melchior Bernd Weisser WWhCQ 2011 (4th)
2014–15Jens JägerChristiane PutzichMartin SchlittHeike Melchior Robert Hering Bernd Weisser WWhCQ 2014 Silver medal icon.svg
WWhCC 2015 (7th)
2015–16Jens JägerChristiane PutzichMartin SchlittHeike Melchior Harry Pavel Bernd Weisser WWhCC 2016 (8th)
2016–17Christiane PutzichHarry PavelMartin SchlittHeike Melchior Christoph Gemmer Bernd Weisser WWhCC 2017 (9th)
2017–18Christiane PutzichHarry PavelMartin SchlittHeike Melchior Wolf Meissner Katja Schweizer WPG 2018 (8th)
2018–19Christiane PutzichHarry PavelWolf MeissnerHeike Melchior Melanie Kurth Helmar Erlewein,
Jamie Boutin
WWhCC 2019 (12th)
2019–20Christiane Putzich Burkhard Moeller Wolf MeissnerHeike Melchior Melanie Spielmann Helmar Erlewein,
Jamie Boutin
WhBCC 2019 (6th)

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Wheelchair curling at the 2006 Winter Paralympics was played at the Pinerolo Palaghiaccio, in Pinerolo, 30 km southwest of Turin. Wheelchair curling was making its first appearance at the Paralympic Games and took the form of a mixed team event, open to athletes with a physical disability in the lower part of the body that required the everyday use of a wheelchair.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wheelchair curling at the 2018 Winter Paralympics</span>

The wheelchair curling competition of the 2018 Winter Paralympics was held from 10 to 17 March 2018 at the Gangneung Gymnasium in Gangneung, South Korea. For the first time, twelve mixed teams will compete at the Winter Paralympics.

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References

  1. "Eintracht Frankfurt" (in German). Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  2. "Rollstuhl-Sport-Club Frankfurt e.V." (in German). Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  3. Heike Melchior on the World Curling Federation database OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  4. "Heike Melchior - Team Deutschland Paralympics" (in German).[ dead link ]