# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/iryna-merleni
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:11:33.825Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/iryna-merleni"
name: "Iryna Merleni"
slug: "iryna-merleni"
description: "Iryna Oleksiyivna Merleni, née Melnyk (Мельник), married name Mykulchyn (Микульчин) is a Ukrainian wrestler, who competed in the – 48 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics and claimed the gold medal. She is\nfirst female olympic champion in women`s wrestling. In the same event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal. She is a three-time world champion, and has also won the European Championships once."
tagline: "Olympic wrestler"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Iryna_Merleni_portrait_3%C3%974.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1982-02-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.96
  momentum:             2.244897959183674
  historical:           17.96141333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Ирина Мерлени"
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    title: "Iryna Merleni"
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    title: "Мерлені Ірина Олексіївна"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump