Name Iryna Merleni Siblings Aleksey Melnik Parents Oleksii Melnik | Height 1.50 m Role Olympic athlete | |
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Spouse Andrey Mikulchin (m. 2006) Children Artur Mikulchin, Adam Mikulchin Similar People Mariya Stadnik, Clarissa Chun, Chiharu Icho, Carol Huynh, Patricia Miranda |
Iryna Oleksiyivna Merleni (Ukrainian: Ірина Олексіївна Мерлені), née Melnyk (Мельник), married name Mykulchyn (Микульчин) (born 8 February 1982) is a Ukrainian wrestler, who competed in the – 48 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics and claimed the gold medal. In the same event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal. She is a three-time world champion, and won the European championship once.
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Merleni was born in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast. In February 2006, she married Andriy Mykulchyn, with whom she has two sons – Artur and Adam.
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