Personal information | |
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Native name | יונה מלניק |
Born | Kassel, West Germany | 27 May 1949
Occupation | Judoka |
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
Sport | |
Country | Israel |
Sport | Judo |
Weight class | –70 kg |
Rank | 8th dan black belt[1] |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic Games | R32 (1976) |
World Champ. | R16 (1975) |
European Champ. | R32 (1973) |
Profile at external databases | |
IJF | 54372 |
JudoInside.com | 20069 |
Updated on 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]
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