Olga Melnik

Olga Ivanovna Melnik (Russian: Ольга Ивановна Мельник; born May 12, 1974 in Sovetsky ) is a former Russian biathlete.

Olga Melnik lives in Tyumen and graduated from the police academy. The athlete, who was active for Dynamo Tyumen, began in 1988 with the biathlon. Your Biathlon World Cup debut in 1995, she celebrated with a single in Oberhof, where she graduated as sixth and thus immediately reached a first top ten placement. To kick off the 1995/96 season she ran at a sprint in Ostersund as runner-up behind Svetlana Paramygina to second place and for the first time on the podium. In the overall standings of the season they finished ninth. In Ruhpolding Melnik took part in the first 1996 Biathlon World Championships. In individual she had to admit defeat to the French Emmanuelle Claret. With the season they missed out on a medal in five. Very successful was the World Cup season 1996 / 97th In addition, Östersund and at Holmenkollen in Oslo she won with the Russian squadron in Ruhpolding with the team and in Östersund sprint in her only individual race. The Biathlon World Championships 1997 in Osrblie took sixth place in the sprint, finished fifth in the pursuit and 22 in singles. With Galina Kuklewa, Nadezhda Talanowa and Olga Melnik Romasko won the bronze medal in the relay race, with Anna Volkova, Talanowa Romasko and silver in the team competition. Last major event was the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, where Melnik 13 of the Single Page was and with Galina Kuklewa, Albina Achatowa and Olga Romasko behind the German Embassy won the silver medal in the relay competition.

Biathlon World Cup rankings

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including hosting the Olympic Games and World Championships ).