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Faina Melnik

1945 - 2016

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Faina Grigorievna Veleva-Melnik (Russian: Фаина Григорьевна Велева-Мельник; Ukrainian: Фаїна Григорівна Велєва-Мельник, romanized: Faina Hryhorivna Velieva-Melnyk; née Melnik; 9 June 1945 – 16 December 2016) was a Soviet discus thrower, a 1972 Summer Olympics champion in the discus event. During her career she set 11 world records. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Faina Melnik is the 302nd most popular athlete (up from 341st in 2019), the 498th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 617th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Ukrainian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Faina Melnik ranks 302 out of 6,025. Before her are Prosper Bruggeman, Karen Hoff, Jürgen Schult, Frank Loomis, Maurice Greene, and Merlene Ottey. After her are Galina Zybina, Carlo Agostoni, Ron Clarke, Eero Lehtonen, Georgios Orphanidis, and Erik Almlöf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Faina Melnik ranks 284. Before her are Polad Bülbüloğlu, Martin Hellman, Noel Redding, Roger Spottiswoode, Ali Akbar Velayati, and Rita Coolidge. After her are Frans Janssens, Carrie Snodgress, Yuri Antonov, Michel Vautrot, Rüdiger Safranski, and John Carlos. Among people deceased in 2016, Faina Melnik ranks 223. Before her are Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Naná Vasconcelos, Jacques Hamel, Sándor Tarics, Lars Gustafsson, and Vladica Kovačević. After her are Hannes Löhr, Vilmos Zsigmond, Giovanni Coppa, Klim Churyumov, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, and Zubaida Tharwat.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Faina Melnik ranks 498 out of 1,365. Before her are Mischa Elman (1891), Boris Kalamanos (1113), Nataliya Kobrynska (1855), Nikolay Nosov (1908), Anatoly Rybakov (1911), and Alexander Vertinsky (1889). After her are Yuriy Boyko (1958), Ivan Marchuk (1936), Stanisław Skrowaczewski (1923), Mikhail Koltsov (1898), Viktor Chukarin (1921), and Yury Olesha (1899).

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Among ATHLETES In Ukraine

Among athletes born in Ukraine, Faina Melnik ranks 10. Before her are Anatoliy Bondarchuk (1940), Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (1938), Viktor Tsybulenko (1930), Vladimir Kuts (1927), Viorica Viscopoleanu (1939), and Galina Chistyakova (1962). After her are Inessa Kravets (1966), Bobbie Rosenfeld (1904), Leonid Zhabotinsky (1938), Nadezhda Tkachenko (1948), Yevhen Arzhanov (1948), and Lidiya Alfeyeva (1946).

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