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Melanie Purkiss

British track and field athlete (born 1979) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Melanie Purkiss (born 11 March 1979) is a British former track and field athlete. She won a silver medal in the 400 metres relay and reached the semi-finals of the 400 metres at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

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Purkiss was educated at The Mountbatten School in Romsey, Hampshire, England and was a member of Team Solent.[1]

Purkiss represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and won a silver medal with the England team in the 4 × 400 metres relay event with Helen Frost, Helen Karagounis, Lisa Miller and Jenny Meadows.[2]

Purkiss finished third behind Helen Karagounis in the 400 metres event at the 2003 AAA Championships.[3][4][5]

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