Melissa Courtney, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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British female distance runner
Date of Birth: 30-Aug-1993
Place of Birth: Poole, England, United Kingdom
Profession: athletics competitor
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Melissa Courtney
- Melissa Courtney (born 30 August 1993) is a British middle-distance runner who competes in the 1500 metres and 5000m.
- She holds personal bests of 4:03.44 minutes for the 1500m and 14:53.82 for the 5000m.Born in Poole, Dorset, she initially focused on swimming, but switched to running .
- She joined Poole Athletic Club (Poole AC) and worked under coach Mark Pauley from the age of twelve, as well as her father Mark as more runners joined the club.
- She credits her partner and fellow athlete, Ashley Bryant, which encouraging her to up her performance after a period of stagnation.
- After graduating from Brunel University London with a degree in sports psychology, she moved to train at Loughborough in 2017 to work with Rob Denmark.Courtney made big improvements to her 800 m and 1500 m bests in 2013 and won the latter event at the BUCS Championships indoor and out that year.
- In the 2014 indoor season she won the Welsh indoor title and placed third at the 2014 British Indoor Athletics Championships.
- The 2015 season saw her drop her 800 m and 1500 m bests to 2:05.48 and 4:09.74 minutes and she made her international debut at the 2015 European Athletics U23 Championships, placing tenth in the 1500 m.
- Though she placed seventh nationally at the 2016 British Athletics Championships, she ran a best of 4:07.55 minutes and gained selection for the 2016 European Athletics Championships, competing in the first round only.
- She teamed up with Cameron Boyek, Sarah McDonald, and Tom Marshall to take a gold medal in the inaugural mixed relay event at the 2017 European Cross Country Championships.After winning the 1500 m British Universities title, she represented Great Britain at the 2017 Universiade and placed fifth in the final.
- The winter, she travelled to train in Iten in Kenya.
- Courtney was chosen to represent Wales at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and she came away with the bronze medal in a personal best time of 4:03.44 minutes, beaten only by Caster Semenya and Beatrice Chepkoech.She won the 3000m event at the Karlsruhe meeting of the 2019 IAAF World Indoor Tour with a time of 8:43.36.
- In March that year she took bronze over the same distance in the European Indoor Championships, setting her personal best in the process.
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