Mélina Robert-Michon

Mélina Robert-Michon

Mélina Robert-Michon at the DécaNation 2014.
Personal information
Born	(1979-07-18) 18 July 1979 (age 37) Voiron, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Country	France
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	66.73 metres (2016) NR
Medal record Representing  France Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Discus throw World Championships 2013 Moscow Discus throw European Championships 2014 Zürich Discus throw Universiade 2001 Beijing Discus throw Jeux de la Francophonie 2001 Ottawa Discus throw Mediterranean Games 2009 Pescara Discus Throw European Cup Winter Throwing 2014 Leiria Discus throw World Junior Championships 1998 Annecy Discus throw European Athletics U23 Championships 2001 Amsterdam Discus throw

Mélina Robert-Michon (born 18 July 1979) is a French discus thrower. She is silver medalist from the 2013 World Championships, 2016 Summer Olympics and a national record holder.

At the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, Robert-Michon won the discus silver medal with her last throw - a distance of 66.28 metres - which broke her own national record (65.78 m) set 11 years ago on 17 July 2002. Her 66.28 metres was much better than her hitherto, 2013 best distance of 63.75m. She had never finished better than eighth place in the final in her four previous World Championships appearances. She became the first male or female French athlete to win a World Championships medal in the discus event. Right after securing the silver medal, she told a television interviewer, "I had been working hard a long time for this. Since the start of the season, I said that I wanted to climb onto the podium. Many people laughed at it and did not quite believe it. I have been waiting so long for this.”

In December 2013, Robert-Michon was chosen as the 2013 French female athlete of the year, according to an Internet poll taken from the athletics fraternity, in which more than 2500 votes were cast over two weeks. The poll was conducted by the Fédération française d'athlétisme.

On 25 June 2016, Mélina Robert-Michon won her 16th throwing 63.40m just in front of Pauline Pousse then she finished fifth at the with a throw of 62.47m, after having thrown 63.99m in the qualifying rounds (which would have been good enough for the bronze medal).

On 16 August 2016, her fifth Olympic appearance was her best: 16 years after her first participation at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, she threw, at 37 years old, and won the silver medal, beating her French national record (66.73m), behind the Croatian Sandra Perkovic, who won the title. On the 27 August, Melina took 2nd place at the with a throw of 64.36m, then after that she took second place again, on the 1st September, at the (63.91 m), just behind winner the Sandra Perković of both competitions.