Nikolay Melnikov (water polo)
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| Nationality | Russian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 January 1948 Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Water polo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nikolai Andreyevich Melnikov (born 24 January 1948) is a former water polo player for the Soviet Union.[1] He is Jewish, and was born in Moscow, Russia.[1][2] He won a gold medal at the 1972 Olympics in Munich.[1]
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
- ^ a b c 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.
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