Famous People with Name Melissa

Melissa Del Valle            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Melissa Del Valle: a multiple champion in the sport of women's boxing, both at the amateur and professional levels.A member of a sports-minded family of Puerto Rican immigrants, Del Valle took up boxing in the early 1990s, while her older brother Lou Del Valle was making a name for himself as a light-heavyweight boxer.Then fighting under her married name of Melissa Salamone, Del Valle won the New York state Golden Gloves title at 132 pounds in both 1996 and 1997. In the latter year, she added the national amateur lightweight title, sweeping all five scorecards in the finals on July 19, 1997.

Melissa Collins            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Melissa Collins: is a water polo player. She is a student at McGill University. She was part of the 5th place women's water polo team at the 2000 Summer Olympics and was part of the bronze medal winning women's water polo team at the 2001 world championships in Fukuoka, J

Melissa Buhl            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Melissa Buhl: is an American professional downhill and mountain-cross racer who has been racing as pro since 1998. She was the 2005 USAC (USA Cycling) National Pro Downhill Champion and 2002 USAC National Pro Mountain Cross Champion.

Melissa "Missy" Giove            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Melissa "Missy" Giove: is a former professional downhill mountain biker, among the most successful in the world, male or female. Her nickname is The Missile. She is openly lesbian.She announced her retirement from full-time racing in August 2003, and in March 2004, she appeared

Melissa Piperno            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Melissa Piperno: is a Canadian ice dancer. With former partner Liam Dougherty, she is the 2003 Canadian junior national champion.

Wilco Melissant            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Wilco Melissant: is a Dutch director who directed various arthouse video productions for Witchhunt Productions, of which he himself is the chairman. His productions were shown on the Dutch TV station RotterdamTV.