Nikita Melnikov

Nikita Melnikov
Personal information
Full name Nikita Vasilevich Melnikov
Nationality Russia Russia
Ethnicity Slavic
Born (1987-06-27) 27 June 1987
Shakhty, Rostov oblast, Russia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 215 lb (98 kg; 15.4 st)
Sport
Country Russia
Sport Wrestling
Rank International Master of Sports
Event(s) Greco-Roman
Medal record
Representing the  Russia
Greco-Roman wrestling
World Championships
2013 Budapest 96 kg
European Championships
2016 Riga 98 kg
Summer Universiade
2013 Kazan 96 kg

Nikita Vasilevich Melnikov (Russian: Никита Васильевич Мельников; born 27 June 1987 in Shakhty, Russia) is an Ethnic Russian Greco-Roman wrestler.

He won both gold medals in the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia - his country and 2013 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

In 2016 European Wrestling Championships he beat third consecutive to Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia and became European Champion in 98 kilos.

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