Yuri Melnichenko
Yuri Vasilyevich Melnichenko ( born June 5, 1972 in Jalal -Abad, Kyrgyzstan ) is a former Kazakh wrestler. In 1996 he became Olympic champion in Greco-Roman Bantamweight.
Career
Yuri Melnichenko began in 1979 with the rings. He concentrated on the Greco-Roman style and was mainly trained by Yegor Mukschtadt and Daulet Turlychanow. He belonged to the Sports Club PSK Daulet Alma -Ata and physical education teacher. At a size of 1.68 meters, he struggled throughout his career bantamweight.
In 1990, he was starting even for the Soviet Union, Junior World Champion ( age group " Juniors " = up to 18 years ) and 1991 he won in Prievidza same title, but in the age group " espoir " ( to age 20 ).
In the senior, he started for the first time in 1994 at an international championship and won at the World Championships in Tampere, like the title before Alexander Ignatenko, Russia and Dennis Hall from the United States. In the same year he won even at the Asian Games in Hiroshima before Shang Zetiang from China and Lee Tae- ho of South Korea.
In June 1995, Yuri Melnichenko was the Grand Prix of Germany in Koblenz at the start and won there before Alexander Ignatenko. At the World Championships in Prague, he was beaten in the final against Dennis Hall and finished before Alexander Igantenko, Dimitris Jiolsian, Greece and Ruslan Chakimow, Ukraine, the 2nd place. In November 1995 he was again in Germany at the start and finished the World Cup in Schifferstadt featherweight behind Juan Luis Maren Delis, Cuba and Artur Alexanian, Germany 3rd place.
The Olympic year 1996, he started with a victory at the Asian Championship in Xiaoshan / China before Kenkichi Nishimi, Japan and Sheng Zetiang. At the Olympic Games in Atlanta Yuri Melnichenko trumped big. He defeated one after Alexander Igantenko, Marian Sandu, Romania, Ruslan Chakimow, Rifat Yildiz from Germany and Dennis Hall, whom he defeated 4-1 points and grabbing himself the gold medal. Overall, he scored in his five victorious battles a points ratio of 30:2, which shows its superiority.
1997 Yuri Melnichenko became Asian champions again before Kim In -sub from South Korea, who was one of his toughest opponents in the coming years. In the East Asian Games in Busan, he won also and finally he won in 1997 at the World Championships in Wroclaw his second world title. He defeated Istvan Majoros here from Hungary, Takahashi Nishijima, Japan, poor Nasarjan from Bulgaria, Vilayet Agajew from Azerbaijan and Rafik Simonyan from Russia. Also in this championship he showed himself superior to high, indicating the Punkteverhätnis in his favor of 29:4. He gave the 4 points in the fight against the Olympic champion and multiple world champion arms Nasarjan from the 6-4 victory.
In the following three years in which he was still active, it will no longer succeeded yet to win an international title. At the World Cup 1998 in Gävle he defeated while again poor Nasarjan and then have Rifat Yildiz and Artur Sargsyan, Armenia, but then he lost to Kim In -sub. Then after another win over Constantin Borascu from Romania he could to the final battle for the bronze medal, in which he, according to the then somewhat peculiar rules, once again would have to contend, no longer compete because of an injury against poor Nasarjan. He finished in 4th place.
In the final of the Asia Cup 1999 in Tashkent Yuri Melnichenko lost again against Kim In -sub and finished in front of Dilshod Aripow from Uzbekistan and Kenkichi Nishimi the 2nd place. He took this place at the World Championship 1999 in Athens, where he came to victories over Ilija Cheban, Moldova, Melchior Tumasis, Philippines, Joel Carlsson, Sweden, Sheng Shetiang and poor Nasarjan. In the final battle he lost again against Kim In -sub.
Bad luck for Yuri Melnichenko then at his last international competition. He lost namely at the Olympic Games in Sydney in his first fight again against Kim In -sub and could be his second fight against Dilshod Aripow no longer compete because of an injury. He therefore wound up a 19th place.
International success
Notes
- All competitions in the Greco-Roman style
- OS = The Olympic Games, WM = World Cup
- Bantamweight weight class up to 1996-57 kg from 1997 to 2001 bis 58 kg, featherweight until 1996-62 kg body weight
Swell
- Journal The Ringer
- Website " Foeldeak Wrestling Database "