| Iryna Merleni | |
| Native Name: | Ірина Олексіївна Мельник / Мерлені / Микульчин |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Fullname: | Iryna Oleksiyivna Melnyk / Merleni / Mykulchyn |
| Birth Date: | 8 February 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Iryna Oleksiyivna Merleni (Ukrainian: Ірина Олексіївна Мерлені), née Melnyk (Ukrainian: Мельник), married name Mykulchyn (Ukrainian: 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 has also won the European Championships 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. She was inducted into the Women's Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2023.[2]
Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine she fled to Haparanda, Sweden, where she now works at the local Systembolaget. In her spare time she acts as a wrestling coach for the club Haparanda SKT.