Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Female |
Full name | Melissa Renee•Morrison (-Howard) |
Used name | Melissa•Morrison |
Born | 9 July 1971 in Mooresville, North Carolina (USA) |
Measurements | 164 cm / 56 kg |
Affiliations | Reebok |
NOC | United States |
Medals | OG |
Gold | 0 |
Silver | 0 |
Bronze | 2 |
Total | 2 |
Melissa Morrison was a high hurdler who won two bronze medals in the 100 metre hurdles at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games. Morrison was USA Champion in the 100 hurdles in 1997 and won USA Indoor titles in 1998 and 2002 in the 60 metre hurdles. Internationally, in addition to her Olympic successes, Morrison won a silver medal at the 1998 Grand Prix Final and a bronze medal at the 2003 World Indoor Championships.
Morrison ran in college at Appalachian State University, winning 12 individual titles at the Southern Conference Championships. In 2009 she was inducted into the Southern Conference Hall of Fame and in 2018 Appalachian State honored her with the Trailblazer Award. Morrison later became a special education teacher.
Personal Best: 100H – 12.53 (1998).
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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2000 Summer Olympics | Athletics | USA | Melissa Morrison | |||
100 metres Hurdles, Women (Olympic) | 3 | Bronze | ||||
2004 Summer Olympics | Athletics | USA | Melissa Morrison | |||
100 metres Hurdles, Women (Olympic) | 3 | Bronze |