Yuriy Melnichenko
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| Born | 5 June 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Daulet, Almaty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yuriy Vasilyevich Melnichenko (Russian: Юрий Васильевич Мельниченко; born 5 June 1972) is a Kazakhstani 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.
In August 2023, he was appointed head coach of the national Greco-Roman wrestling team of Kazakhstan.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Yuriy MELNICHENKO - Olympic Wrestling Greco-Roman | Kazakhstan". International Olympic Committee. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ↑ Yury Melnichenko. sports-reference.com
- ↑ "Назначен главный тренер сборной Казахстана по греко-римской борьбе". www.sports.kz (in Russian). 9 August 2023.
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1962–1994: 57 kg • 1998: 58 kg • 2002–2010: 55 kg • 2014: 59 kg • 2018–present: 60 kg | |
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Categories:
- 1972 births
- Living people
- People from Manas (city)
- Kyrgyzstani people of Ukrainian descent
- Kazakhstani people of Ukrainian descent
- Kyrgyzstani emigrants to Kazakhstan
- Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Kazakhstani male sport wrestlers
- Olympic wrestlers for Kazakhstan
- Olympic gold medalists for Kazakhstan
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Wrestlers at the 1994 Asian Games
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan
- Asian Games wrestlers for Kazakhstan
- Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists in wrestling
- Greco-Roman wrestlers