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.[ 1]
Her personal bests in the shot put are 18.36 metres outdoors (Burcht 2016) and 18.02 metres indoors (Apeldoorn 2010).[ 2]
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
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