Dr. Melanie Gregg is a Professor and Department Chair in the department of Kinesiology and Applied Health at the University of Winnipeg. Her research interests focus on athletes’ motivational imagery ability and examining the effectiveness of psychological skill use by athletes with intellectual impairment. She is a track and field coach, who specializes in High Jump and Hurdles, and is a classifier of athletes with intellectual impairments for World Para Athletics.

Melanie is a national coaching institute graduate and took part in the CAC’s coaching apprenticeship program. She has been an assistant coach with two university teams, several provincial teams, Legion Athletic camp, and a club coach.

As an Athlete, Melanie competed in heptathlon and won national medals in 4x200m and 4x400m. She also competed at the national level in high jump, long jump, and 4 x800m. She was the Manitoba record holder in the pentathlon for 16 years.