Yuriy Melnichenko
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox sportsperson Yuriy Vasilyevich Melnichenko (Template:Lang-ru, 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.<ref>Yury Melnichenko. sports-reference.com</ref>
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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- 1972 births
- Living people
- People from Jalal-Abad Region
- Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Kazakhstani male sport wrestlers
- Olympic wrestlers of Kazakhstan
- Olympic gold medalists for Kazakhstan
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Asian Games medalists in wrestling
- Kazakhstani people of Ukrainian descent
- Wrestlers at the 1994 Asian Games
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan
- Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
