Melanie Bauschke (born 14 July 1988 in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

) is a German athlete, specializing in the

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

. A versatile sprinter/hurdler, she has also scored over 5,000 points in the

heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

. She was the 2009 European under 23 champion in the long jump. She picked up a silver medal in the

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

at the same competition.

Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *

High jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

– 1.90 m (Berlin 2009) *

Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

– 6.83 m (-0.3 m/s) (Kaunas 2009) Indoor *

60 metres 60 metres, or 60-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior at ...

– 7.85 (Potsdam 2010) *

– 1.89 m (Potsdam 2010) *

– 6.68 m (Karlsruhe 2013)

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* 1988 births Living people German female long jumpers Athletes from Berlin Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in athletics European Games bronze medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade {{Germany-longjump-bio-stub