Pierre Mellina (born 25 February 1957) is a Luxembourgish politician and retired track and field athlete.

Political office

He is currently the

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, a commune in the far south-west of the country, standing for the

Christian Social People's Party The Christian Social People's Party ( lb, Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei, french: Parti populaire chrétien-social, german: Christlich Soziale Volkspartei), abbreviated to CSV or PCS, is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party f ...

(CSV). He was previously a member of the communal council (1994 – 99) and an échevin (2000 – 04) in Pétange.

Sporting achievements

In the early 1980s, Mellina was one of Luxembourg's foremost

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, winning the Luxembourgian national championships in the

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(1981, 1982) and the

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(1982). He won the

Eurocross Eurocross is an annual international cross country running competition which takes place in Diekirch, Luxembourg in February. It is one of the IAAF permit meetings which serve as qualifying events for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. ...

cross country competition in

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in 1981.Civai, Franco & Gasparovic, Juraj (2009-02-28)
Eurocross 10.2 km (men) + 5.3 km (women)

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. Retrieved on 2010-03-01.

References

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