Faina Melnyk
File:Faina Melnyk 1972.jpg
Faina Melnyk at the 1972 Olympics
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Nationality | Ukrainian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 9 July 1945 (age 79) Bakota, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukrainian SSR |
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Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Discus throw, shot put | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Sevan Yerevan (1969–73) Spartak Moscow (1976–80) |
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Personal best(s) | DT – 70.50 m (1976) SP – 20.03 m (1976) |
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Medal record
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Faina Grigorievna Melnik (Ukrainian: Фаїна Григорівна Мельник, Russian: Фаина Григорьевна Велева-Мельник, born 9 July 1945) is a retired Soviet discus thrower, a 1972 Summer Olympics champion in the discus event. During her career she set 11 world records.[1][2]
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Career
Melnik is Jewish, and was born in Bakota, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine.[2] At the 1972 Summer Olympics, she broke the Olympic record three times, and set a world record at 66.62 metres. In 1976 she had her best ever discus throw of 70.50 m, but finished only fourth at the 1976 Summer Olympics. At those Olympics she also competed in the shot put and finished tenth. She failed to reach the final in the discus event at the 1980 Games.[1]
Continuing to throw after the 1980 Olympics, she set the masters world record in the W35 division that has stood since 1980.[3]
Melnik graduated from the Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry and later worked as a dentist and athletics coach in Moscow. Her trainees include Natalya Lisovskaya and Svetlana Krivelyova. Melnik is married to Velko Velev, a Bulgarian discus thrower who also competed at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Faina Melnik. Sports-reference.com.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Records Outdoor Women. world-masters-athletics.org
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Preceded by | Women's Discus World Record Holder 12 August 1971 – 23 September 1972 |
Succeeded by Argentina Menis |
Preceded by | Women's Discus World Record Holder 25 May 1973 – 12 August 1978 |
Succeeded by Evelin Jahl |
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Preceded by | Women's Track & Field Athlete of the Year 1975 |
Succeeded by Tatyana Kazankina |
Sporting positions | ||
Preceded by | Women's Discus Best Year Performance 1973–1976 |
Succeeded by Sabine Engel |
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Jewish athletes (track and field)
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- People from Bakota, Ukraine
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Russian people of Ukrainian descent
- European Athletics Championships medalists