Faina Melnyk
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Soviet discus thrower
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It is catalogued under topics including 1945 births, 2016 deaths and Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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Key facts
- Nationality
- Soviet
- Born
- Faina Grigorievna Melnik , 9 June 1945, Bakota , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union
- Died
- 16 December 2016 (2016-12-16) (aged 71), Moscow, Russia
- Height
- 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
- Weight
- 88 kg (194 lb)
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Sport
- Discus throw, shot put
- Club
- Sevan Yerevan (1969–73), Spartak Moscow (1976–80)
- Personal best s
- DT – 70.50 m (1976), SP – 20.03 m (1976)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Faina
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Bakota
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Spouse
- Velko Velev
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Participant in
- 1972 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Soviet Union
- Mass
- 88
- Image
- Faina Melnyk 2010 Armenian stamp.jpg
- Height
- 174
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- Commons category
- Faina Melnyk
- date of birth
- 1945-07-09
- sports discipline competed in
- discus throw
- date of death
- 2016-12-16
- place of burial
- Troyekurovskoye cemetery
- competition won
- 1972 Summer Olympics
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Armenia
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Encyclopedic overview
Faina Grigorievna Veleva-Melnik (Russian: Фаина Григорьевна Велева-Мельник; Ukrainian: Фаїна Григорівна Велєва-Мельник, romanized: Faina Hryhorivna Velieva-Melnyk; née Melnik; 9 June 1945 – 16 December 2016) was a Soviet discus thrower, a 1972 Summer Olympics champion in the discus event. During her career she set 11 world records.
Career
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Faina Melnyk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.