# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yuriy-melnichenko
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:45:46.028Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yuriy-melnichenko"
name: "Yuriy Melnichenko"
slug: "yuriy-melnichenko"
description: "Yuriy Vasilyevich Melnichenko is a Kazakhstani wrestler who won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman bantamweight (52–57 kg) category at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He competed at the next Olympics in the featherweight division and finished 19th."
tagline: "Kazakh Olympic wrestler"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yuri_Melnichenko_2007_Kazakhstani_stamp.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1972-06-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.75964933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Мельниченко Юрій Васильович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurij_Melny%C4%8Denko"
    title: "Jurij Melnyčenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juri_Melnitschenko"
    title: "Juri Melnitschenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuriy_Melnichenko"
    title: "Yuriy Melnichenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Melnichenko"
    title: "Yuri Melnichenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juri_Melnit%C5%A1enko"
    title: "Juri Melnitšenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%85%D9%84%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%86%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%88"
    title: "یوری ملنیچنکو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juri_Melnit%C5%A1enko"
    title: "Juri Melnitšenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuriy_Melnichenko"
    title: "Yuriy Melnichenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurij_Melnyicsenko"
    title: "Jurij Melnyicsenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurij_Mel'ni%C4%8Denko"
    title: "Jurij Mel'ničenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A6%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8B%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B3"
    title: "ユーリー・メルニチェンコ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Юрий Васильевич Мельниченко"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%A0%EB%A6%AC_%EB%A9%9C%EB%8B%88%EC%B2%B8%EC%BD%94"
    title: "유리 멜니첸코"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurij_Melnytsjenko"
    title: "Jurij Melnytsjenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurij_Mielniczenko"
    title: "Jurij Mielniczenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iuri_Melnicenko"
    title: "Iuri Melnicenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Мельниченко, Юрий Васильевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurij_Melnitjenko"
    title: "Jurij Melnitjenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1377697"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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