Iryna Merleni

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Olympic medal record
Competitor for Ukraine
Women's Wrestling
Olympic Games
Gold	2004 Athens	Freestyle – 48 kg
Bronze	2008 Beijing	Freestyle – 48 kg

Irini Merleni-Mykulchyn (born February 8, 1982 as Iryna Oleksiyivna Melnyk Ukrainian: Ірина Олексіївна Мельник) is a Ukrainian wrestler, who competed in the – 48 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics and claimed the gold medal. In the same event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal.

Merleni was born in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi. She is a three-time world champion, and won the European championship once.

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Persondata
Name	Merleni, Irini
Alternative names
Short description	Olympic wrestler
Date of birth	February 8, 1982
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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