Melissa Moon

Melissa Potocka Moon 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 (New Zealand)|2021 New Year Honours], Moon was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to athletics and charitable causes.