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| Nationality | Russian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1948-01-24) January 24, 1948 (age 76) Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Water polo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nikolai Andreyevich Melnikov (born January 24, 1948) is a former water polo player for the Soviet Union. He is Jewish, and was born in Moscow, Russia. He won a gold medal at the 1972 Olympics in Munich.
See also
- Soviet Union men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
- List of world champions in men's water polo
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
- List of select Jewish water polo players
References
- ^ Paul Taylor (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: the clash between sport and politics: with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medalists. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 9781903900871. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
- "Melnikov, Nikolai". Jewsinsports.org. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
External links
| Soviet Union men's water polo squad – 1972 Summer Olympics – Gold medal (1st title) | ||
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- 1948 births
- Living people
- Soviet Jews
- Jewish Russian sportspeople
- Water polo players from Moscow
- Soviet male water polo players
- Olympic water polo players for the Soviet Union
- Water polo players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in water polo
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Russian male water polo players
- Summer World University Games medalists in water polo
- Moscow State University alumni
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
- 20th-century Russian sportsmen
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- Soviet Olympic medalist stubs
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