Melanie Dodd

Melanie Dodd is an Australian former swimmer who specialized in sprint freestyle events. She represented the host nation Australia, as a 27-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and also trained for the Australian Institute of Sport, under Russian-based swim coach Gennadi Touretski. She won two medals, a silver and bronze, in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the 1995 FINA [Short Course World Championships] in Rio de Janeiro, and 1999 FINA Short Course World Championships in Hong Kong.
Dodd competed only in the Swimming at the [2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay] at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. On the first night of the Games, the Aussie team pulled off a sixth-place finish in the final with a time of 3:40.91. Teaming with Sarah Ryan, Elka Graham and Giaan Rooney in heat two on the morning prelims, Dodd swam the third leg and recorded a split of 56.31 to post a fifth-seeded time of 3:43.56 for the home squad.