Emiel Mellaard
Olympic athlete
1966 –
Who is Emiel Mellaard?
Emiel Remco Mellaard is a retired Dutch long jumper, best known for winning the 1989 European Indoor Championships.
Mellaard was the first Dutch long jumper to break the 8-metre barrier, when in 1987 he jumped 8.02. With this achievement he took over Henk Visser’s legendary Dutch record of 7.98, set in 1956.
His personal best was 8.19 metres, achieved in July 1988 in Groningen. This is the current Dutch record on outdoor tracks. However, Emiel Mellaard is one of the few athletes who produced his very best performance on an indoor track. In 1989 he jumped 8.23 metres in The Hague, a few weeks before he would become European Indoor Champion. This achievement remains the current Dutch indoor record.
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- Born
- Mar 21, 1966
Spijkenisse - Nationality
- Netherlands
- Lived in
- South Holland
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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