Yuriy Vasilyevich Melnichenko
Мельниченко Юрий Васильевич
Egor Mukstadt
Achievements
1st place – Olympic Games, Greco-Roman wrestling, 57 kg, Atlanta, 1996
1st place – World Championships, Greco-Roman wrestling, 57 kg, 1994
1st place – World Championships, Greco-Roman wrestling, 1997
2nd place – World Championships, 1995
2nd place – World Championships, 1999
Two-time Asian champion – 1996, 1997
Asian Games champion – 1994
Honoured Master of Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Honoured Coach of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Өмірбаян
Yuriy Vasilyevich Melnichenko is one of the most prominent Greco-Roman wrestlers in Kazakhstan’s history. He is an Olympic champion, a two-time world champion, an Honoured Master of Sports and an Honoured Coach of Kazakhstan. He became one of the first wrestlers to win Olympic gold for independent Kazakhstan. His victory at the Atlanta Olympic Games marked an important milestone in the development of Kazakhstan’s wrestling school. After his athletic career, he continued his work as a coach and contributed to the national team’s development.