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Yuriy Melnichenko

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Yuriy Vasilyevich Melnichenko (Russian: Юрий Васильевич Мельниченко; born 5 June 1972) is a Kazakhstani 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 featherweight division and finished 19th. After retiring from competing, Melnichenko worked as a wrestling coach. Between 2000 and 2004 he led the national team, and after that acted as vice-president of the national wrestling federation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Yuriy Melnichenko is the 881st most popular wrestler (down from 592nd in 2024), the 49th most popular biography from Kyrgyzstan (down from 45th in 2019) and the most popular Kirghiz Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Yuriy Melnichenko ranks 881 out of 1,027. Before him are Jillian Hall, Askhat Zhitkeyev, Yandro Quintana, Vitaly Makarov, Sakshi Malik, and Dennis van der Geest. After him are Chris Masters, Kaitlyn, Rasul Chunayev, Radoslav Velikov, Hamid Sourian, and Chiharu Icho.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Yuriy Melnichenko ranks 1,235. Before him are Marcos Aurélio Galeano, Hitoshi Morishita, Urbia Meléndez, Tatsuya Murata, Kimberly Cheatle, and Igor Shulepov. After him are Andreas Dackell, Vyacheslav Dayev, Elvis Stojko, Larisa Kruglova, Pasquale Padalino, and Raffaelo Caserta.

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In Kyrgyzstan

Among people born in Kyrgyzstan, Yuriy Melnichenko ranks 49 out of 62. Before him are Talant Mamytov (1976), Nikolay Chernetskiy (1959), Ryan Murphy (null), Sapar Isakov (1977), Sergey Mihaylov (1976), and Mirlan Murzaev (1990). After him are Maiya Maneza (1985), Lilli Schwarzkopf (1983), Artem Novikov (1987), Elena Baranova (1972), Aisuluu Tynybekova (1993), and Kristina Vogel (1990).

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Among WRESTLERS In Kyrgyzstan

Among wrestlers born in Kyrgyzstan, Yuriy Melnichenko ranks 1. After him are Akzhol Makhmudov (1999), Kanatbek Begaliev (1984), Muzaffarbek Turoboyev (2000), Ruslan Tyumenbayev (1986), Aiperi Medet Kyzy (1999), and Ernazar Akmataliev (1998).

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