Yuriy Melnichenko

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Yuriy Melnichenko
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Personal information
Born (1972-06-05) 5 June 1972 (age 49)
Jalal-Abad, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union
Sport
SportGreco-Roman wrestling
ClubDaulet, Almaty
Medal record
Olympics
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Bantamweight
World championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Tampere -57 kg
Silver medal – second place 1995 Prague -57 kg
Gold medal – first place 1997 Wrocław -57 kg
Silver medal – second place 1999 Athens -57 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Hiroshima -57 kg
Asian championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Xiaoshan -57 kg
Gold medal – first place 1997 Tehran -57 kg
Silver medal – second place 1999 Tashkent -57 kg

Yuriy Vasilyevich Melnichenko (Russian: Юрий Васильевич Мельниченко, born 5 June 1972) is a Kazakh wrestler who won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman bantamweight (52–57 kg) category at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1] He competed at the next Olympics in the featherweight division and finished 19th.[2]

After retiring from competing, Melnichenko worked as a wrestling coach. Between 2000 and 2004 he led the national team, and after that acted as vice-president of the national wrestling federation. Georgiy Tsurtsumia was his trainee.

References[]

  1. ^ "Yuriy MELNICHENKO - Olympic Wrestling Greco-Roman | Kazakhstan". International Olympic Committee. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  2. ^ Yury Melnichenko. sports-reference.com

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