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 Representing the 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 m2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands8thShot put17.92 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil15th (q)Shot put17.69 m2017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia12th (q)Shot put17.19 mWorld ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom11thShot put17.73 m2018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany14th (q)Shot put16.90 m
References
External links
Melissa Boekelman at Atletiek.nl (archived)