Cornelia Melis
{{short description|Aruban long-distance runner}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Cornelia Melis
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|02|23|df=y}}
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| height = 1.62 m
| weight = 56 kg
| sport = Athletics
| event = Marathon
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Cornelia Marina "Lia" Melis (born 23 February 1960) is a long-distance runner who competed for Aruba at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics,{{cite web|title=Lia Melis Bio|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/lia-melis-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111358/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/lia-melis-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=22 January 2017}} and at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics and 1991 World Championships in Athletics.{{cite web|title=Cornelia Melis, Profile|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/aruba/cornelia-melis-61239|website=iaaf.org|accessdate=22 January 2017}}
Career
Melis first major international event was 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Indianapolis, United States, she competed in the 3000 metres and finished 11th out of twelve starters and her time 10:24.79 was a new national record,{{cite web|title=3000 Metres Women, 1st IAAF World Indoor Championships|url=https://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/1987/1st-iaaf-world-indoor-championships-13/women/3000-metres/final/result#resultheader|website=iaaf.org|accessdate=22 January 2017}} later in the year she was then competing in Rome, Italy, at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics, she entered the marathon and out of the 42 starters she finished in 30th.{{cite web|title=Marathon Women, 2nd IAAF World Championships in Athletics|url=https://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics/1987/2nd-iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics-4/women/marathon/final/result#resultheader|website=iaaf.org|accessdate=22 January 2017}}
The following year she made her first appearance at the Olympics when she competed in the marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea, she finished in 56th place out of 69 starters in a time of 2 hours 53 minutes.{{cite web|title=Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's Marathon|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/womens-marathon.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175146/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/womens-marathon.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|website=Olympics at Sport-Reference.com|accessdate=22 January 2017}} In 1989 she went to Stavanger, Norway, to run in the women's race in the 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, she finished in 117th place. Two years later Melis was competing in the 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in the women's race and this time she finished 122nd, later in that year she was back to running the women's marathon at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo, Japan, and after 2 hours 58 minutes she came in 21st out of 39 starters.{{cite web|title=Marathon Women, 3rd IAAF World Championships in Athletics|url=https://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics/1991/3rd-iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics-5/women/marathon/final/result#resultheader|website=iaaf.org|accessdate=22 January 2017}}
Melis competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, again in the marathon, but unfortunately she was one of the nine runners who didn't finish the race.{{cite web|title=Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Marathon|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/ATH/womens-marathon.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175154/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/ATH/womens-marathon.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=22 January 2017}}
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Category:Aruban female long-distance runners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Aruba
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games competitors for Aruba