Melissa Boekelman

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

Melissa Boekelman at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships in Ostrava

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

External links

• Melissa Boekelman at World Athletics
• Melissa Boekelman at Diamond League
• Melissa Boekelman at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
• Melissa Boekelman at Olympedia
• Melissa Boekelman at Olympics.com
• Melissa Boekelman at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
• Melissa Boekelman at Atletiek.nl (archived) (in Dutch)