Roman Melyoshin Explained

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Roman Melyoshin
Fullname:Roman Sergeyevich Melyoshin
Birth Date:23 June 1983
Birth Place:Petropavl, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Weight:740NaN0
Sport:Wrestling
Event:Greco-Roman
Club:DYUSSCH Victoria
Coach:Sergey Anatolivich Yampolski
Show-Medals:yes

Roman Sergeyevich Melyoshin (Kazakh: Роман Сергеевич Мелёшин; born June 23, 1983, in Petropavl) is an amateur Kazakhstani Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's middleweight category.[1] He won a gold medal for his division at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, and bronze at the 2009 Asian Wrestling Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.[2] [3]

Melyoshin represented Kazakhstan at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he competed for the men's 74 kg class. He defeated Australia's Hassan Shahsavan in the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing out the quarterfinal match to Belarus' Aleh Mikhalovich, with a three-set technical score (1–1, 1–1, 1–2), and a classification point score of 1–3.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Roman Melyoshin. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111656/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/roman-melyoshin-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 31 December 2012.
  2. News: Roman Melyoshin wins 74kg Greco-Roman wrestling gold at Asiad. Xinhua. People's Daily Online. 11 December 2006. 31 December 2012.
  3. Web site: Asian Championship: Greco-Roman seniors 2009-05-02 Pattaya (THA) – 74.0 kg. International Wrestling Federation. 31 December 2012.
  4. Web site: Men's Greco-Roman 74kg (163 lbs) Quarterfinal Official. NBC Olympics. 31 December 2012.