Melanie Seeger (born 8 January 1977 in

Brandenburg an der Havel Brandenburg an der Havel (; ) is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, which served as the capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg until it was replaced by Berlin in 1417. With a population of 72,040 (as of 2020), it is located on the banks of the ...

) is a German

race walker Race walking, or racewalking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asses ...

. She has represented Germany at the Summer Olympics on three occasions (2004, 2008 and 2012). She has also competed at the

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on four occasions and walked at four consecutive editions of the

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. She holds the German record for the indoor 3000 m walk. She took time away from

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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

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, finishing fourth in the

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behind a Russian sweep of medalists.Germany's Seeger still finds Barcelona 'unbelievable'
.

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(2010-11-09). Retrieved on 2010-11-10.

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* * 1977 births Living people German female race walkers German national athletics champions Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany Sportspeople from Brandenburg an der Havel 21st-century German sportswomen {{Germany-racewalk-bio-stub