Melanie Seeger

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 two occasions (2004 and 2008). 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.

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 medallists.^[2]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Germany
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	DNF	10 km
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	33rd	20 km
2000	European Race Walking Cup	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany	34th	20 km
2001	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	15th	20 km
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	7th	20 km
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	14th	20 km
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	8th	20 km
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	5th	20 km
	World Race Walking Cup	Naumburg, Germany	9th	20 km
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	11th	20 km
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	10th	20 km
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	14th	20 km
2008	World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	15th	20 km
	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	22nd	20 km
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	4th	20 km

References

1. ^ Deutsche record. DLV. Retrieved on 2010-11-10.
2. ^ Germany's Seeger still finds Barcelona 'unbelievable'. European Athletics (2010-11-09). Retrieved on 2010-11-10.

External links

• IAAF profile for Melanie Seeger
• sports-reference

Persondata
Name	Seeger, Melanie
Alternative names
Short description	German racewalker
Date of birth	8 January 1977
Place of birth	Brandenburg an der Havel, East Germany
Date of death
Place of death