ROBERT-MICHON Melina

Date of Birth: 18 Jul 1979

Age: 42

Gender: Female

Place of birth: VOIRON

Birth Country:

France

Place of residence : VILLEURBANNE

Residence Country:

France

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Discus Throw

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Women's Discus Throw Qualification - Group A	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Discus Throw
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	2nd (66.73)
2012	London, GBR	5th (63.98)
2008	Beijing, CHN	7th (60.66)
2004	Athens, GRE	Qual. (56.70)
2000	Sydney, NSW, AUS	Qual. (54.11)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Discus Throw
2019	Doha, QAT	10th (59.99)
2017	London, GBR	3rd (66.21)
2015	Beijing, CHN	10th (60.92)
2013	Moscow, RUS	2nd (66.28)
2009	Berlin, GER	8th (60.92)
2007	Osaka, JPN	11th (57.81)
2003	Paris, FRA	11th (58.52)
2001	Edmonton, AB, CAN	Qual. (56.22)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Discus Throw
2019	1 x 6th, 2 x 8th, 1 x 10th
2017	1 x 4th, 2 x 5th, 1 x 6th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
4	2017	Discus Throw	Stockholm, SWE	61.91
5	2017	Discus Throw	Brussels, BEL	62.49
5	2017	Discus Throw	Oslo, NOR	59.88
6	2019	Discus Throw	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	62.62
6	2017	Discus Throw	Birmingham, GBR	62.17
8	2019	Discus Throw	Birmingham, GBR	57.67
8	2019	Discus Throw	Stockholm, SWE	59.63
8	2017	Discus Throw	Shanghai, CHN	61.43
10	2019	Discus Throw	Rabat, MAR	59.24

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2020	Discus Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Zagreb, CRO	60.65
5	2021	Discus Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Hengelo, NED	58.88

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

Sports Management, Lyon, FRA

Daughters Ellyssa [2010] and Enora [2018]

Languages spoken:

Lyon Athletisme [France]

Serge Debie [personal]

She struggled with back pain at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, People's Republic of China. (ledauphine.com, 25 Aug 2015)

In 2005 she suffered a herniated disc that sidelined her for the rest of 2005 and for some of the 2006 season. (athle.fr, 22 Nov 2010)

She began athletics at age 15. (FFA Media Guide, 01 Jan 2003; lyon.fr, 07 Mar 2016)

She was encouraged to take up the sport by a coach at school. "I tried a bit of everything in athletics before choosing discus." (lyon.fr, 07 Mar 2016)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to compete at the 2024 Games in Paris. (tokyo2020.org, 28 Apr 2020)

She trains at the Stade du Rhone in Lyon, France. (ledauphine.com, 04 Jul 2020)

Winning silver at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (tokyo2020.org, 28 Apr 2020)

In 2015 an outdoor sports and activities area in her hometown of Colombe, France, was named after her. (colombe.fr, 09 May 2015)

General Interest

General
EYES ON TOKYO AND PARIS
She considered retirement after the 2012 Olympic Games in London as she had become a mother in 2010, but chose to continue because she missed out on the podium, finishing fifth. Having won silver at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, she again considered retiring after the 2017 World Championships in London, England, but after giving birth to her second daughter in 2018 she decided to continue. The 2020 Games in Tokyo will be her sixth Games and she plans to keep competing until the 2024 Games in Paris. "In Tokyo, I want to do better than what I have already done so the gold medal would be good. I also want to show that having two children is not a problem. Everything is possible. I want to prove that at [age] 40, we are not finished. If I am still performing at a high level [after Tokyo], why not [keep going]? Continuing for the sake of it does not interest me. But if there is a chance to be present at Paris 2024, it could be a fantastic experience at a home Games. The door was closed but now it is a little ajar, because with the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Games to summer 2021, there will only be three years to wait." (franceculture.fr, 29 Apr 2020; tokyo2020.org, 28 Apr 2020)

Milestones

At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro she became the first French athlete of either gender to compete in any athletics discipline at five Olympic Games. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 Sep 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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