Yuriy Melnichenko
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Born | (1972-06-05) 5 June 1972 (age 52) 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)
- 2024
Kenichiro Fumita (JPN)
- 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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