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Dutch athlete (born 1989)
Melissa Boekelman at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships in Ostrava

Melissa Boekelman (born 11 May 1989 in Dordrecht) is a Dutch shot putter and bobsledder.

She made her bobsleigh debut in a Europa Cup meeting at Königssee in December 2013, finishing 7th. In January 2014 she made her first appearance at a Bobsleigh World Cup event at St. Moritz, finishing 11th.

Her personal bests in the shot put are 18.36 metres outdoors (Burcht 2016) and 18.02 metres indoors (Apeldoorn 2010).

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing the  Netherlands
2006 World Junior Championships Beijing, China 1st Shot put 17.66 m
– Discus throw NM
2007 European Junior Championships Hengelo, Netherlands 1st Shot put 16.51 m
7th Discus throw 48.03 m
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 2nd Shot put 16.60 m
– Discus throw NM
2009 European U23 Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 4th Shot put 17.37 m
13th (q) Javelin 51.80 m
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 14th (q) Shot put 17.57 m
European Championships Barcelona, Spain 14th Shot put 17.32 m
2011 European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 3rd Shot put 17.88 m
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 12th Shot put 16.98 m
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 8th Shot put 17.92 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 15th (q) Shot put 17.69 m
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 12th (q) Shot put 17.19 m
World Championships London, United Kingdom 11th Shot put 17.73 m
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 14th (q) Shot put 16.90 m

References

  1. "Profile – Melissa Boekelman". International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  2. Melissa Boekelman at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata

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