Sport Greco-Roman wrestling Club Daulet, Almaty | Name Yuriy Melnichenko Role Olympic athlete | |
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Born 5 June 1972 (age 51) ( 1972-06-05 ) Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan Olympic medals Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight People also search for Zhaqsylyq Ushkempirov, Daulet Turlykhanov, Olga Shishigina, Dennis Hall, Sheng Zetian | ||
Yuriy Vasilyevich Melnichenko (Russian: Юрий Васильевич Мельниченко, born 5 June 1972) is a Kazakh 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 feartherweight division and finished 19th.
After retiring from competition, Melnichenko worked as a wrestling coach. Between 2000 and 2004 he headed the national team, and after that acted as vice-president of the national wrestling federation. Georgiy Tsurtsumia was his trainee.
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