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Skotnik finished in seventh position and ninth position respectively in the finals of the 2007 World Championships and 2009 World Championships.
Skotnik finished in seventh position and ninth position respectively in the finals of the 2007 World Championships and 2009 World Championships.
She holds both German and French citizenship through her parentage and represented Germany until 2004. She was eliminated in the qualification rounds of the 2005 and 2011 World Championships. At her first Olympics - the 2008 Summer Olympics, Skotnik fell 4 cm short of reaching the final after clearing 1.89 metres to finish joint 16th place in the qualification round.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she reached the final and finished in 9th place at 1.93m.
Skotnik married a French sprinter, Jimmy Melfort, in July 2009. She reverted to her maiden name in 2013, announcing that she was in the process of divorcing Jimmy Melfort, who had been her coach since 2005.
However, she still competes in the German national championships as a member of LG Domspitzmilch Regensburg, but represents France internationally.