Yona Melnik

Yona Melnik
יונה מלניק

Melnik (right) at the 1976 Olympics
Born (1949-05-27) May 27, 1949
Kassel, West Germany
Native name יונה מלניק
Nationality  Israel
Height 5-8 (173 cm)
Weight 152 lb (69 kg)
Style Judo

Yona Melnik (יונה מלניק; born May 27, 1949) is an Israeli former judoka.[1]

Biography

Melnik is Jewish, and was born in Kassel, West Germany.[2][3] He won the Israeli national championship in judo 12 times between 1968 and 1980 in the welterweight (below 70 kilograms) category, and twice in the open division.[3] He won a gold medal in judo at the 1969 Maccabiah Games.[4] He competed for Israel at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Québec, in the half-middleweight category, and tied for 19th place.[1]

Melnik subsequently coached the Israeli judo team, and opened a dojo in Petah Tikvah.[5] He co-authored an April 2006 article in Strength & Conditioning Journal titled "The Ten-Station Judo Ability Test: A Test of Physical and Skill Components."[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Yona Melnik Bio, Stats, and Results".
  2. ↑ Breen, Karen (1 January 1988). "Index to Collective Biographies for Young Readers". Libraries Unlimited.
  3. 1 2 Slater, Robert (2000). "Great Jews in Sports". J. David Publishers.
  4. ↑ "Black Belt". Active Interest Media, Inc. 1 December 1969.
  5. ↑ "Black Belt". Active Interest Media, Inc. 1 July 1982.
  6. ↑ Lidor, Ronnie PhD; Melnik, Yona; Bilkevitz, Alex PhD; Falk, Bareket PhD. "The Ten-Station Judo Ability Test: A Test of Physical and Skill Components: Strength & Conditioning Journal".


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.