Melanie Seeger (born 8 January 1977) 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.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Germany
1996World Junior ChampionshipsSydney, Australia4th5000 m22:11.29
1997World Race Walking CupPoděbrady, Czech Republic54th10 km46:49
European U23 ChampionshipsTurku, Finland8th10 km46:34
1998European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary—10 kmDNF
1999World Race Walking CupMézidon-Canon, France42nd20 km1:36:33
European U23 ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden3rd20 km1:34:17
World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain33rd20 km1:40:51
2000European Race Walking CupEisenhüttenstadt, Germany34th20 km1:35:26
2001European Race Walking CupDudince, Slovakia15th20 km1:32:57
World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada7th20 km1:30:41
2002European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany14th20 km1:33:40
World Race Walking CupTurin, Italy25th20 km1:35:37
2003World ChampionshipsParis, France8th20 km1:29:44
2004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece5th20 km1:29:52
World Race Walking CupNaumburg, Germany9th20 km1:28:17
2005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland11th20 km1:31:00
2006World Race Walking CupA Coruña, Spain21st20 km1:32:36
European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden10th20 km1:31:29
2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan14th20 km1:35:30
2008World Race Walking CupCheboksary, Russia15th20 km1:31:09
Olympic GamesBeijing, China22nd20 km1:31:56
2010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain3rd20 km1:29:43
2011European Race Walking CupOlhão, Portugal6th20 km1:32:14
World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea—20 kmDNF
2012World Race Walking CupSaransk, Russia19th20 km1:33:24
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom19th20 km1:30:44

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