Yuriy Melnichenko

Yuriy Melnichenko
Personal information
Born (1972-06-05) 5 June 1972
Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan
Sport
Sport Greco-Roman wrestling
Club Daulet, Almaty

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.[1]

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.

References

  1. Yury Melnichenko. sports-reference.com


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