Faina Melnyk
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Faina Melnik at the 1972 Olympics
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| Nationality | Soviet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 June 1945 Bakota, Kamianets-Podilskyi Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 December 2016 (aged 71) Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record[hide]
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[hide]Career[edit]
Melnik was 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 was married to Velko Velev, a Bulgarian discus thrower who also competed at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics.[1]
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References[edit]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Faina Melnik. Sports-reference.com.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Paul Taylor (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics : with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medallists. Sussex Academic Press. pp. 236–. ISBN 978-1-903900-87-1.
- Jump up ^ Records Outdoor Women. world-masters-athletics.org
External links[edit]
Media related to Faina Melnyk at Wikimedia Commons- Sporting Heroes bio
- dataOlympic profile
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Preceded by Liesel Westermann | Women's Discus World Record Holder 12 August 1971 – 23 September 1972 | Succeeded by Argentina Menis |
| Preceded by Argentina Menis | Women's Discus World Record Holder 25 May 1973 – 12 August 1978 | Succeeded by Evelin Jahl |
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Preceded by Irena Szewińska | Women's Track & Field Athlete of the Year 1975 | Succeeded by Tatyana Kazankina |
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| Preceded by Argentina Menis | Women's Discus Best Year Performance 1973–1976 | Succeeded by Sabine Engel |
Categories:
- 1945 births
- 2016 deaths
- Soviet female discus throwers
- Soviet female shot putters
- Soviet Jews
- Ukrainian Jews
- Spartak athletes
- Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Ukrainian female discus throwers
- Ukrainian female shot putters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Jewish athletes (track and field)
- Former world record holders in athletics (track and field)
- People from Bakota, Ukraine
- Russian people of Ukrainian descent
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
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