Yona Melnik
יונה מלניק
Kassel, West Germany
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Yona Melnik (Hebrew: יונה מלניק; born 27 May 1949) is an Israeli former judoka and current coach.[1] He is the first Israeli judoka to achieve 8th dan from the International Judo Federation.[citation needed]
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 gold medals in judo at the 1969 Maccabiah Games and at the 1973 Maccabiah Games.[4][5] 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.[6] 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."[7]
References
- ^ a b "Yona Melnik Bio, Stats, and Results". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ Breen, Karen (1 January 1988). Index to Collective Biographies for Young Readers. Libraries Unlimited. ISBN 9780835223485.
- ^ a b Slater, Robert (2000). Great Jews in Sports. J. David Publishers. ISBN 9780824604332.
- ^ "Black Belt". Active Interest Media, Inc. 1 December 1969.
- ^ Inc, Active Interest Media (26 December 1973). "Black Belt". Active Interest Media, Inc. – via Google Books.
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- ^ 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".
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External links
- Yona Melnik at the International Judo Federation
- Yona Melnik at JudoInside.com
- Yona Melnik at Olympics.com
- Yona Melnik at Olympedia
- Yona Melnik at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Yona Melnik at The-Sports.org
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