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Yona Melnik
Melnik (right) at the 1976 Olympics
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
Rank8th Dan

Yona Melnik (יונה מלניק; born May 27, 1949) is an Israeli former judoka and current coach. He is the first Israeli judoka to achieve 8th dan from the International Judo Federation.[1]

Biography

Melnik is Jewish, and was born in Kassel, West Germany.[2][3] 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] He won a gold medal in judo at the 1969 Maccabiah Games.[4] He competed for Israel at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Québec, in the half-middleweight category, and tied for 19th place.[1]

Melnik subsequently coached the Israeli judo team, and opened a dojo in Petah Tikvah.[5] He co-authored an April 2006 article in Strength & Conditioning Journal titled "The Ten-Station Judo Ability Test: A Test of Physical and Skill Components."[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Yona Melnik Bio, Stats, and Results". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. ^ Breen, Karen (1 January 1988). Index to Collective Biographies for Young Readers. Libraries Unlimited. ISBN 9780835223485.
  3. ^ a b Slater, Robert (2000). Great Jews in Sports. J. David Publishers. ISBN 9780824604332.
  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)