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Melissa Potocka Moon MNZM (born 16 September 1969) is a long-distance runner from Wellington, New Zealand. She is a two time World Mountain Running champion and has won 21 New Zealand athletics titles over her career. In 2001, she was named New Zealand Sportswoman of the Year. In 2008, she was named as one of the JCI Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (TOYP).
In 2010, Moon won the women's race up the 86 flights of stairs of the Empire State Building, in a time of 13 minutes and 13 seconds. In the 2021 New Year Honours, Moon was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to athletics and charitable causes.
External links
References
- www.melissamoon.co.nz
- "Kiwi woman first up Empire State Building". Television New Zealand. Newstalk ZB/Reuters. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- "New Year Honours List 2021". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
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| Preceded byLeilani Joyce | New Zealand's Sportswoman of the Year 2001 |
Succeeded byBarbara Kendall |
| Women's World Mountain Running Championships winners | |
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| New Zealand national champions in women's 5000 m | |
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| New Zealand national champions in women's 10,000 m | |
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| New Zealand national champions in women's marathon | |
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- 1969 births
- Living people
- New Zealand mountain runners
- Athletes from Wellington City
- People educated at Wellington Girls' College
- New Zealand female long-distance runners
- World Mountain Running Championships winners
- Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- New Zealand Athletics Championships winners
- 20th-century New Zealand sportswomen
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