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Yuriy Melnichenko

Melnichenko on a 2007 Kazakhstani stamp
Personal information
Born	(1972-06-05) 5 June 1972 (age 52) Jalal-Abad, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union
Sport
Sport	Greco-Roman wrestling
Club	Daulet, Almaty
Medal record Men's Greco-Roman wrestling Representing  Kazakhstan Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta 57 kg World Championships 1994 Tampere 57 kg 1997 Wrocław 57 kg 1995 Prague 57 kg 1999 Athens 57 kg Asian Games 1994 Hiroshima 57 kg Asian Championships 1996 Xiaoshan 57 kg 1997 Tehran 57 kg 1999 Tashkent 57 kg

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. He competed at the next Olympics in the featherweight division and finished 19th.

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.

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
3. "Назначен главный тренер сборной Казахстана по греко-римской борьбе". www.sports.kz (in Russian). 9 August 2023.

External links

• NBC Olympic Profile – Yuriy Melnichenko

v t e Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman bantamweight
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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