Melina Dawn Hamilton (born 15 June 1976 in Rotorua) is a retired New Zealand athlete who specialised in the pole vault. She represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics, as well as two World Championships, without reaching the final.
Her personal bests of 4.40 metres outdoors (2003) and 4.20 metres indoors (2004) were at the time national records; both were broken in 2014 by Eliza McCartney.
Competition record Representing 1993Oceania Youth ChampionshipsCanberra, Australia2nd800 m2:21.051stHigh jump1.55 m2ndJavelin throw37.34 m1996Oceania ChampionshipsTownsville, Australia2nd100 m hurdles14.92 s (w)1stPole vault3.60 m1997UniversiadeCatania, Italy16th (q)Pole vault3.60 m1998Commonwealth GamesKuala Lumpur, Malaysia7thPole vault3.90 m2002Commonwealth GamesManchester, United Kingdom9thPole vault3.90 m2003World ChampionshipsParis, France22nd (q)Pole vault4.00 m2004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary16th (q)Pole vault4.20 mOlympic GamesAthens, Greece24th (q)Pole vault4.15 m2005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland20th (q)Pole vault4.15 m2006Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia8thPole vault4.15 m
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