Iryna Merleni
Olympic medal record | ||
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Competitor for Ukraine | ||
Women's Wrestling | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2004 Athens | Freestyle – 48 kg | |
2008 Beijing | Freestyle – 48 kg | |
World Championships | ||
2000 Sofia | 46 kg | |
2001 Sofia | 46 kg | |
2003 New York | 48 kg | |
2005 Budapest | 48 kg | |
2007 Baku | 48 kg | |
Summer Universiade | ||
2005 İzmir | 51 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 oblast. She is a three-time world champion, and won the European championship once.
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