Yuriy Melnichenko

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[1]. He competed at the next Olympics in the featherweight division and finished 19th.[2]

Yuriy Melnichenko
Personal information
Born (1972-06-05) 5 June 1972
Jalal-Abad, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union
Sport
SportGreco-Roman wrestling
ClubDaulet, Almaty
Medal record
Olympics
1996 Atlanta Bantamweight
World championships
1994 Tampere-57 kg
1995 Prague-57 kg
1997 Wrocław-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

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. "Yuriy MELNICHENKO - Olympic Wrestling Greco-Roman | Kazakhstan". International Olympic Committee. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  2. Yury Melnichenko. sports-reference.com


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