Faina Melnyk
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's Athletics | ||
Competitor for the  Soviet Union
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 1972 Munich | Discus |
| IAAF World Cup | ||
| Gold | 1977 Düsseldorf | Discus |
| European Championships | ||
| Gold | 1971 Helsinki | Discus |
| Gold | 1974 Rome | Discus |
| Universiade | ||
| Gold | 1973 Moscow | Discus |
Faina Grigorievna Veleva-Melnik (Ukrainian: Фаїна Григорівна Мельник, Russian: Фаина Григорьевна Велева-Мельник, born 9 July 1945 in Bakota, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) was a Soviet discus thrower, a 1972 Summer Olympics champion in the discus event.
She set 11 world records.[1]
Career
Melnik is Jewish, and was born in Bakota, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine.[2][3] She competed for VSS Sevan Yerevan (Armenian SSR) (1969–73), and later for VSS Spartak Moscow (1976–80).
In 1972 at the Munich Olympic Games, she established another world record (with her final throw) of 66.62 metres. During the contest she broke the Olympic record three times, with each of her three final throws.
She took her second European title in 1974 at Rome with a throw of exactly 69.00 metres.
Her personal best was 70.50 m in 1976. At the Olympic Games in 1976 she received a 4th place.
See also
- List of select Jewish track and field athletes
References
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Preceded by Liesel Westermann |
Women's Discus World Record Holder 12 August 1971 – 23 September 1972 |
Succeeded by.svg.png){kind=small} Argentina Menis |
| Preceded by Argentina Menis |
Women's Discus World Record Holder 25 May 1973 – 12 August 1978 |
Succeeded by Evelin Jahl |
| Awards | ||
Preceded by Irena Szewińska |
Women's Track & Field Athlete of the Year 1975 |
Succeeded by Tatyana Kazankina |
| Sporting positions | ||
| Preceded by Argentina Menis |
Women's Discus Best Year Performance 1973 – 1976 |
Succeeded by Sabine Engel |
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