Melanie Melfort

Melanie Melfort

Melanie Melfort
Personal information
Birth name	Melanie Skotnik
Full name	Melanie Melfort
Nationality	French
Born	8 November 1982 (1982-11-08) (age 29) Hersbruck, West Germany
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
Country	France
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	High jump
Achievements and titles
World finals	7th at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics 15th at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
National finals	1st at the 2003 German Athletics Championships
Olympic finals	16th at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Personal best(s)	High jump: 1.96m (2007; =NR)
Medal record Mediterranean Games Silver 2005 Almería High jump

Melanie Melfort (née Skotnik; born 8 November 1982 in Hersbruck, West Germany) is a French high jumper. She holds both German and French citizenship through her parentage and represented Germany until 2003.

Melfort finished seventh at the 2007 World Championships. In the 2008 Summer Olympics she fell short of reaching the finals after clearing 1.89 metres to take 16th place.

Her outdoor personal best jump is 1.96, achieved in August 2007 in Castres, which tied her for the French national record of Maryse Ewanjé-Epée dating back to 1985. She won the German national championship in 2003 and the French national championships in 2005, 2007 and 2008. She still competes in the German national championships as a member of LG Domspitzmilch Regensburg, but remains a starter for France.^[1] Melfort also holds the French indoor record of 1.97m, achieved in Aubière in 2007 and in Dortmund in February 2003^[2] and won the French indoor championships in 2005.

References

1. ^ Fuchs, Christian (14 June 2006). "Melanie Skotnik wird eine Regensburgerin" (in German). Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband. http://www.leichtathletik.de/index.php?NavID=1&SiteID=28&NewsID=10830. Retrieved 3 June 2009. 
2. ^ IAAF indoor profile for Melanie Skotnik

External links

• IAAF profile for Melanie Melfort

Persondata
Name	Melfort, Melanie
Alternative names
Short description	French high jumper
Date of birth	8 November 1982
Place of birth	Hersbruck, West Germany
Date of death
Place of death