Yona Melnik

Israeli judoka

Yona Melnik

Melnik (right) with Roberto Machusso at the 1976 Olympics.

Personal information
Native name| יונה מלניק
Born|  (1949-05-27) 27 May 1949 (age 74)
Kassel, West Germany
Occupation| Judoka
Height| 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Country|  Israel
Sport| Judo
Weight class| –70 kg
Rank|  8th dan black belt
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.[1] He is the first Israeli judoka to achieve 8th dan from the International Judo Federation.[citation needed]

## Biography[edit]

Melnik is Jewish, and was born in Kassel, West Germany.[2][3] 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.[3] He won gold medals in judo at the 1969 Maccabiah Games and at the 1973 Maccabiah Games.[4][5] He competed for Israel at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Québec, in the half-middleweight category, and tied for 19th place.[1]

Melnik subsequently coached the Israeli judo team, and opened a dojo in Petah Tikvah.[6] 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."[7]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Yona Melnik Bio, Stats, and Results". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
2. ^ Breen, Karen (1 January 1988). Index to Collective Biographies for Young Readers. Libraries Unlimited. ISBN 9780835223485.
3. ^ a b Slater, Robert (2000). Great Jews in Sports. J. David Publishers. ISBN 9780824604332.
4. ^ "Black Belt". Active Interest Media, Inc. 1 December 1969.
5. ^ Inc, Active Interest Media (26 December 1973). "Black Belt". Active Interest Media, Inc. - via Google Books. `{{cite web}}`: `|last=` has generic name (help)
6. ^ "Black Belt". Active Interest Media, Inc. 1 July 1982.
7. ^ Lidor, Ronnie PhD; Melnik, Yona; Bilkevitz, Alex PhD; Falk, Bareket PhD. "The Ten-Station Judo Ability Test: A Test of Physical and Skill Components: Strength & Conditioning Journal". `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

## External links[edit]

* Yona Melnik at the International Judo Federation
* Yona Melnik at JudoInside.com
* Yona Melnik at Olympics.com
* Yona Melnik at Olympedia
* Yona Melnik at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
* Yona Melnik at The-Sports.org

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