25 Facts About Melissa Breen

Melissa Breen was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 100 m event.

Melissa Breen has won the Australian national championships in the 100 m event in 2010,2012,2015 and 2016.

Melissa Breen won the 200 m event at the national championships in 2009 and 2012.

Melissa Breen represented Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the 100 m event, finishing fifth in the semi-finals.

Melissa Breen was selected in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, UK, and the subsequent 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia.

Melissa Breen was born on 17 September 1990 in the Australian Capital Territory.

Melissa Breen attended Saint Anthony's Parish School in Wanniassa before going to St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra for high school.

Melissa Breen had tertiary training at the Australian Vocational Training Academy from 2009 to 2010, where she earned two certificates.

Melissa Breen is 173 centimetres tall and weighs 65 kilograms.

Melissa Breen is a member of the Woden Harriers athletics club.

Melissa Breen was previously coached by Rob Wozniak from 2003 to 2006.

Melissa Breen has been an ACT Academy of Sport scholarship holder.

Melissa Breen has won the Australian national championships in the 100 m event in 2010 and 2012.

Melissa Breen won the 200 m event at the national championships in 2009 and 2012.

Melissa Breen finished third in the under 20 age in the 200 m event and first in the 100 m event in 2008.

Melissa Breen competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, finishing fifth in the 100 m semifinal.

Melissa Breen competed in the 100 m and 200 m events at a meet in the last weekend of June 2012 in Dormagen, Germany, winning the 100 m with a time of 11.38 seconds and the 200 m with a time of 23.73s.

Melissa Breen's 100 m time was a personal best for the event at a competition in Europe.

Melissa Breen was one of fifty-four track and field competitors chosen to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Melissa Breen was chosen by Athletics Australia, despite not having run an Olympic A qualifying time in her event, after having run the 100 m event 27 times in 2012 without Olympic A qualifying time and coming within 0.02 seconds of setting a time.

Melissa Breen placed third from last in her first round heat in the 100 metres.

Melissa Breen competed at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games, reaching the semifinals.

Melissa Breen has competed at the 2011,2013 and 2015 World Championships.

Melissa Breen competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgove, UK, in her pet events, the 100 metres, and, subsequently, the 4 x 100 metre relay.

Melissa Breen was selected for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast where she competed in the 100 metres and the 4 x 100 metre relay.