Iryna Merleni
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| Native name | Ірина Олексіївна Мельник / Мерлені / Микульчин | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Iryna Oleksiyivna Melnyk / Merleni / Mykulchyn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 February 1982 Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Iryna Oleksiyivna Merleni (Ukrainian: Ірина Олексіївна Мерлені), née Melnyk (Мельник), married name Mykulchyn (Микульчин) (born 8 February 1982) is a Ukrainian wrestler, who competed in the – 48 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics and claimed the gold medal. In the same event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal.[1] She is a three-time world champion, and won the European championship once.
Merleni was born in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast. In February 2006, she married Andriy Mykulchyn, with whom she has two sons – Artur and Adam.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Iryna Merleni-Mykulchyn". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
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