Melanie Neef

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| event = 400m

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| birth_date = 26 May 1970

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Melanie Neef (born 26 May 1970) is a British former track and field sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. She represented her country at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics and 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships. She set her lifetime best of 51.18 seconds at the outdoor event.[https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/melanie-neef-68407 Melanie Neef]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2017-02-18.[http://www.all-athletics.com/node/122290 Melanie Neef]. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-18.

Biography

Born in Scotland to German footballer Gerhardt Neef, who was playing for Rangers F.C.,{{cite news |title=Old Firm in silent tribute for Rangers keeper Gerry Neef|author=Angus Wright |newspaper=The Scotsman|date=25 February 2010|url=http://sport.scotsman.com/football/Old-Firm-in-silent-tribute.6102478.jp|accessdate=25 February 2010}} she became involved in athletics with the City of Glasgow AC.[http://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=44528 Melanie Neef]. Power of 10. Retrieved on 2017-02-18. Her first international medal came at the 1991 Summer Universiade where she was runner-up with the British women's 4 × 100 metres relay team.[http://www.gbrathletics.com/bm/wsg.htm World Student Games (Universiade]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-18. She won senior gold medals with the 4 × 400 metres relay team at the 1994 European Cup and 1994 IAAF World Cup, as well as a fourth place at the 1994 European Athletics Championships.

Neef took an individual silver medal at the 1994 European Cup behind Russia's Svetlana Goncharenko and returned the following year to win gold.[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/epw.htm European Cup (Women)]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-18. She was a finalist individually at the 1994 European Championships and came sixth for Scotland at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. Her last individual international outing was at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics, where she was fourth in her semi-final.

She was a four-time British 400 metres champion during her brief career, taking 400 m title outdoors at the AAA Championships in 1994{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19940613/015/0015 |title=Classy Crampton hits the jackpot |work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |date=13 June 1994 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 March 2025 }} and 1995, and the national indoor title at the AAA Indoor Championships in 1995 and 1996.[http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaai.htm AAA Indoor Championships (Women)]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-18.[http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm AAA Championships (Women)]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-18.