Yuriy Melnichenko
Kazakhstani wrestler (born 1972)
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| Born | (1972-06-05) 5 June 1972 (age 51) Jalal-Abad, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
External links
- NBC Olympic Profile – Yuriy Melnichenko
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- 1924
Eduard Pütsep (EST) - 1928
Kurt Leucht (GER) - 1932 Jakob Brendel (GER)
- 1936
Márton Lőrincz (HUN) - 1948
Kurt Pettersén (SWE) - 1952
Imre Hódos (HUN) - 1956
Konstantin Vyrupayev (URS) - 1960 Oleg Karavayev (URS)
- 1964
Masamitsu Ichiguchi (JPN) - 1968
János Varga (HUN) - 1972 Rustam Kazakov (URS)
- 1976
Pertti Ukkola (FIN) - 1980 Shamil Serikov (URS)
- 1984
Pasquale Passarelli (FRG) - 1988 András Sike (HUN)
- 1992
An Han-bong (KOR) - 1996
Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ) - 2000
Armen Nazaryan (BUL) - 2004 István Majoros (HUN)
- 2008
Nazyr Mankiev (RUS) - 2012
Hamid Sourian (IRI) - 2016
Ismael Borrero (CUB) - 2020 Luis Orta (CUB)
- 1924–1928: 58 kg
- 1932–1936: 56 kg
- 1948–1996: 57 kg
- 2000: 58 kg
- 2004–2012: 55 kg
- 2016: 59 kg
- 2020–present: 60 kg
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