# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nikolai-melnikov
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:20:54.245Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nikolai-melnikov"
name: "Nikolai Melnikov"
slug: "nikolai-melnikov"
description: "Nikolai Andreyevich Melnikov is a former water polo player for the Soviet Union. He is Jewish, and was born in Moscow, Russia. He won a gold medal at the 1972 Olympics in Munich."
tagline: "Soviet water polo player"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1948-01-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.12
  momentum:             10
  historical:           8.737365333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaj_Melnikov"
    title: "Nikolaj Melnikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "نيكولاى ميلنيكوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_M%C3%A9lnikov"
    title: "Nikolai Mélnikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Andrejewitsch_Melnikow"
    title: "Nikolai Andrejewitsch Melnikow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Melnikov_(water_polo)"
    title: "Nikolay Melnikov (water polo)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%85%D9%84%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "نیکولای ملنیکوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Melnikov"
    title: "Nikolay Melnikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaj_Mel'nikov"
    title: "Nikolaj Mel'nikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaj_Melnikov"
    title: "Nikolaj Melnikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Мельников, Николай Андреевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3876932"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump