Melanie Seeger
German racewalker
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.
She holds the German record for the indoor 3000 m walk.
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.
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Germany | |||||
1996 | World Junior Championships | Sydney, Australia | 4th | 5000 m | 22:11.29 |
1997 | World Race Walking Cup | Poděbrady, Czech Republic | 54th | 10 km | 46:49 |
European U23 Championships | Turku, Finland | 8th | 10 km | 46:34 | |
1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | — | 10 km | DNF |
1999 | World Race Walking Cup | Mézidon-Canon, France | 42nd | 20 km | 1:36:33 |
European U23 Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 3rd | 20 km | 1:34:17 | |
World Championships | Seville, Spain | 33rd | 20 km | 1:40:51 | |
2000 | European Race Walking Cup | Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany | 34th | 20 km | 1:35:26 |
2001 | European Race Walking Cup | Dudince, Slovakia | 15th | 20 km | 1:32:57 |
World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 7th | 20 km | 1:30:41 | |
2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 14th | 20 km | 1:33:40 |
World Race Walking Cup | Torino, Italy | 25th | 20 km | 1:35:37 | |
2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 8th | 20 km | 1:29:44 |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 5th | 20 km | 1:29:52 |
World Race Walking Cup | Naumburg, Germany | 9th | 20 km | 1:28:17 | |
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 11th | 20 km | 1:31:00 |
2006 | World Race Walking Cup | La Coruña, Spain | 21st | 20km | 1:32:36 |
European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 10th | 20 km | 1:31:29 | |
2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 14th | 20 km | 1:35:30 |
2008 | World Race Walking Cup | Cheboksary, Russia | 15th | 20 km | 1:31:09 |
Olympic Games | Beijing, PR China | 22nd | 20 km | 1:31:56 | |
2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 4th | 20 km | 1:29:43 |
2011 | European Race Walking Cup | Olhão, Portugal | 6th | 20 km | 1:32:14 |
World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | — | 20km | DNF | |
2012 | World Race Walking Cup | Saransk, Russia | 19th | 20km | 1:33:24 |
Olympic Games | London, Great Britain | 19th | 20 km | 1:30:44 |