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Melissa Hauschildt

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Melissa Hauschildt, born Melissa Rollison on 13 April 1983 in Adelaide, is an Australian professional triathlete and former middle-distance runner. She is a three-time world champion, having won gold at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in 2011 and 2013 and at the 2013 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships, and she took silver at the 2016 Ironman 70.3 World Championship. In April 2018 she set a new Ironman brand record of 8:31:05 at the Ironman North American Championships, breaking the mark Chrissie Wellington set in 2011. Before and alongside triathlon she won twelve Australian championship titles, from 3000 metres on the track to the full Ironman distance, and a silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

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1983 1
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Female 1
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5+ 1
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Melissa Hauschildt (née Rollison, born 13 April 1983 in Adelaide) is an Australian professional triathlete and former middle-distance runner.
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    Melissa Hauschildt (née Rollison, born 13 April 1983 in Adelaide) is an Australian professional triathlete and former middle-distance runner.
  • Lead, world titles
    She is a 3-time World Champion
  • Second paragraph, titles
    she has won 12 Australian Championship titles ranging in distance from 3000m on the track to the full Ironman distance in triathlon
  • Competed In: Commonwealth Games, Second paragraph, Commonwealth Games
    in 2006 she won Silver at the Commonwealth Games
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