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Melanie Melfort is a French
high jump
er. 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. Melfort also holds the French indoor record of 1.97m, achieved in Aubière
in 2007 and in Dortmund
in February 2003 and won the French indoor championships in 2005.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
high jump
High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....
er. 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
Castres
Castres is a commune, and arrondissement capital in the Tarn department and Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France. It lies in the former French province of Languedoc....
, which tied her for the French national record of Maryse Ewanjé-Epée
Maryse Ewanjé-Epée
Maryse Ewanjé-Epée is a retired high jumper from France, who set her personal best on July 21, 1985, jumping 1.96 metres at a meet in Colombes. She competed for her native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984 , where she finished in fourth place...
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. Melfort also holds the French indoor record of 1.97m, achieved in Aubière
Aubière
Aubière is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.-References:*...
in 2007 and in Dortmund
Dortmund
Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....
in February 2003 and won the French indoor championships in 2005.