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Yona Melnik
Born (1949-05-27) May 27, 1949 (age 75)
Kassel, West Germany
Native nameיונה מלניק
Nationality Israel
Height5-8 (173 cm)
Weight152 lb (69 kg)
StyleJudo

Yona Melnik (יונה מלניק; born May 27, 1949) is an Israeli former judoka.[1]

Personal life

Melnik is Jewish, and was born in Kassel, West Germany.[2][3] When he competed in the Olympics, he was 5-8 (173 cm) tall, and weighed 152 lbs (69 kg).[1]

Judo career

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]

Melnik competed for Israel and won a gold medal in judo at the 1969 Maccabiah Games.[4]

He competed for Israel at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Québec, at the age of 27 in judo, in the Men's Half-Middleweight category, and came in tied for 19th.[1]

Coach and author

Melnik subsequently coached the Israeli judo team, and opened up a dojo in Petah Tikvah.[5]

He co-authored an April 2006 article in Strength & Conditioning Journal entitled "The Ten-Station Judo Ability Test: A Test of Physical and Skill Components."[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Yona Melnik Bio, Stats, and Results".
  2. ^ Breen, Karen (1 January 1988). "Index to Collective Biographies for Young Readers". Libraries Unlimited.
  3. ^ a b Slater, Robert (2000). "Great Jews in Sports". J. David Publishers.
  4. ^ "Black Belt". Active Interest Media, Inc. 1 December 1969.
  5. ^ "Black Belt". Active Interest Media, Inc. 1 July 1982.
  6. ^ 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)