| Native Name Lang: | Hebrew |
| Birth Date: | 27 May 1949 |
| Birth Place: | Kassel, West Germany |
| Height: | 173 cm |
| Weight Class: | –70 kg |
| Rank Ref: | [1] |
| Dan: | 8 |
| Worlds Rank: | R16 |
| Worlds Year: | 1975 |
| Regionals Type: | EU |
| Regionals Rank: | R32 |
| Regionals Year: | 1973 |
| Olympics Rank: | R32 |
| Olympics Year: | 1976 |
| Olympics Weight: | Men's 70 kg |
| Updated: | 23 February 2023 |
Yona Melnik (Hebrew: יונה מלניק; born 27 May 1949) is an Israeli former judoka and current coach.[2] He holds an 8th dan black belt.[1]
Melnik is Jewish, and was born in Kassel, West Germany.[3] [4] He won the Israeli national championship in judo 12 times between 1968 and 1980 in the welterweight (below 70 kilograms) category, and twice in the open division.[4] He won gold medals in judo at the 1969 Maccabiah Games and at the 1973 Maccabiah Games.[5] [6] He competed for Israel at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Québec, in the half-middleweight category, and tied for 19th place.[2]
Melnik subsequently coached the Israeli judo team, and opened a dojo in Petah Tikvah.[7] He co-authored an April 2006 article in Strength & Conditioning Journal titled "The Ten-Station Judo Ability Test: A Test of Physical and Skill Components."[8]