Melissa Breen

Melissa Breen

Melissa Breen at "Mikio Oda Memorial", 2015, Hiroshima, Japan
Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1990-09-17) 17 September 1990 (age 33) Canberra, Australia[1]
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb) (2018)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	100 metres 200 metres
Club	Matt Beckenham

Melissa Breen (born 17 September 1990) is an Australian 100 metres and 200 metres runner. Breen broke the Australian record for the women's 100 m sprint, when she clocked 11.11 seconds at the ACT Championships, held on 9 Feb 2014 at the Australian Institute of Sport track in Canberra under ideal conditions with a 1.9 mps following wind, warm conditions and 600+ metres elevation. This broke a record previously held by Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, which had stood for more than 20 years.

Breen was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 100 m event. She has won the Australian national championships in the 100 m event in 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2016. She won the 200 m event at the national championships in 2009 and 2012. She represented Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the 100 m event, finishing fifth in the semi-finals. She was also selected in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, UK, and the subsequent 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia.