Melanie Annaheim

Melanie Annaheim (born 20 December 1982 in Lostorf) is a professional Swiss triathlete, member of the National Team (i.e. the Team London 2012) and bronze medalist of the 2009 Swiss Championships.

In the six years from 2004 to 2009, Annaheim took part in 32 ITU competitions and achieved ten top ten positions. In 2009, she was number 28 in the official ITU World Championships Ranking.^[1]

In France, together with Céline Schärer Melanie Annaheim takes part in the prestigious Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux and represents Tri Club Châteuroux 36. At the first triathlon of the 2010 circuit in Dunkirk, for instance, she placed 18th and her club, which did not nominate any French triathletes at all, placed 2nd, with Magali Di Marco Messmer, Svenja Bazlen and Ricarda Lisk being the three athlètes classants l'équipe.

In Switzerland, Annaheim represents Leichtathletik Club Regensdorf in the Canton of Zürich. By profession, she is a marketing assistant, she lives in Lostorf and is coached by Magali Di Marco Messmer. Her younger brother Matthias Annaheim is also a triathlete. Melanie Annaheim and the French triathlete David Hauss are a couple.

ITU Competitions

In the seven years from 2004 to 2010, Melanie Annaheim took part in 42 ITU competitions and achieved 12 top ten positions.

The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the Athlete's Profile Page.^[2] Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and belong to the Elite category.

BG = the sponsor British Gas · DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start

External links

• Melanie Annaheim's Webpage

Notes

1. ^ See http://www.triathlon.org/results/rankings_2009. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
2. ^ See http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=MTYyNA==#. Retrieved 6 February 2011.