Iryna Merleni

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Olympic medal record
Representing  Ukraine
Women's Wrestling
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Freestyle – 48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Freestyle – 48 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sofia 46 kg
Gold medal – first place 2001 Sofia 46 kg
Gold medal – first place 2003 New York 48 kg
Silver medal – second place 2005 Budapest 48 kg
Silver medal – second place 2007 Baku 48 kg
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2005 İzmir 51 kg

Irini Merleni-Mykulchyn (born February 8, 1982 as Iryna Oleksiyivna Melnyk Ukrainian: Ірина Олексіївна Мельник) 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.

Merleni was born in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi oblast. She is a three-time world champion, and won the European championship once.

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