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Faina Melnyk

Soviet discus thrower

Person

Born: 1945-07-09
Died: 2016-12-16

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Country: CA
Active from: 1948-12-22

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Recent publications · Crossref

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World University Games

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1945 births 2016 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery European Athletics Championships medalists FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union Jewish competitors in the sport of athletics Jewish Ukrainian sportspeople Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Key dates

Born: 9 July 1945
Died: 16 December 2016

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Faina
Gender: female
Citizenship: Russia
Place of birth: Bakota
Place of death: Moscow
Spouse: Velko Velev
Occupation: athletics competitor
Educated at: Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry
Languages spoken: Russian
Award: Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR
Participant in: 1972 Summer Olympics
Sport: athletics
Country for sport: Soviet Union
Mass: +88
Image: Faina Melnyk 2010 Armenian stamp.jpg
Height: +174

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P2416: discus throw
P119: Troyekurovskoye cemetery
P2522: 1972 Summer Olympics
P5008: WikiProject Armenia

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IAAF Continental Cup

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USA Track & Field

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German Democratic Republic

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Medalists at the 1973 Summer Universiade

Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union

Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union

Olympic gold medalists in athletics

People from Bakota, Ukraine

Russian people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent

Soviet Athletics Championships winners

Soviet women discus throwers

Soviet women shot putters

Spartak (sports society) sportspeople

Sportspeople from Khmelnytskyi Oblast

Track & Field News Athlete of the Year winners

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