Iryna Oleksiyivna Merleni (Ukrainian: Ірина Олексіївна Мерлені), née Melnyk (Мельник), married name Mykulchyn (Микульчин) (born 8 February 1982) is a Ukrainian wrestler, who competed in the – 48 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics and claimed the gold medal.

In February 2006, she married Andriy Mykulchyn, with whom she has two sons – Artur and Adam.

[2] Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine she fled to Haparanda, Sweden, where she now works at the local Systembolaget.

In her spare time she acts as a wrestling coach for the club Haparanda SKT.

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