Melanie Hansen

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Melanie Hansen (2017)

Melanie Hansen (born November 2, 1986 in Schleswig ) is a former German rower . Her greatest success was the bronze medal in the foursome without a helmsman at the 2016 World Championships.

Life

Melanie Hansen was second in the double sculls at the U23 World Championships in 2005 , and in 2006 she won the silver medal in the double sculls .

Ten years later, the rower from the Celle rowing club took part with the German eighth at the 2016 European Championships in Brandenburg an der Havel and came in fifth. After the eighth missed the Olympic qualification for 2016, she switched to the four without a helmsman. The last World Cup regatta in 2016 was Charlotte Reinhardt , Alexandra Höffgen , Melanie Hansen and Lea-Katlen Kühne . Two months later at the World Championships in 2016 in the non-Olympic boat classes, the four from the United Kingdom won ahead of the boat from the United States, followed by Melanie Hansen, Ronja Schütte , Charlotte Reinhardt and Lea-Katlen Kühne for the bronze medal. In 2017, Hansen and Kühne competed in a pair without a helmsman and finished sixth at the World Championships in Sarasota .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Portrait at rudern.de (accessed on July 4, 2020)