Melanie Seeger

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Melanie Seeger
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Personal information
Born (1977-01-08) 8 January 1977 (age 48)
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+12 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
SportAthletics
Event 20km Race Walk

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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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

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
1996 World Junior Championships Sydney, Australia 4th5000 m 22:11.29
1997 World Race Walking Cup Poděbrady, Czech Republic 54th10 km 46:49
European U23 Championships Turku, Finland 8th10 km 46:34
1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 10 km DNF
1999 World Race Walking Cup Mézidon-Canon, France 42nd20 km 1:36:33
European U23 Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 3rd20 km 1:34:17
World Championships Seville, Spain 33rd20 km 1:40:51
2000 European Race Walking Cup Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 34th20 km 1:35:26
2001 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia 15th20 km 1:32:57
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 7th20 km 1:30:41
2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 14th20 km 1:33:40
World Race Walking Cup Torino, Italy 25th20 km 1:35:37
2003 World Championships Paris, France 8th20 km 1:29:44
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 5th20 km 1:29:52
World Race Walking Cup Naumburg, Germany 9th20 km 1:28:17
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 11th20 km 1:31:00
2006 World Race Walking Cup A Coruña, Spain 21st20 km 1:32:36
European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 10th20 km 1:31:29
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 14th20 km 1:35:30
2008 World Race Walking Cup Cheboksary, Russia 15th20 km 1:31:09
Olympic Games Beijing, PR China 22nd20 km 1:31:56
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 3rd20 km 1:29:43
2011 European Race Walking Cup Olhão, Portugal 6th20 km 1:32:14
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 20 km DNF
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 19th20 km 1:33:24
Olympic Games London, Great Britain 19th20 km 1:30:44

References

  1. Deutsche record Archived 2011-06-23 at the Wayback Machine . DLV. Retrieved on 2010-11-10.
  2. 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.