Yuriy Vasilyevich Melnichenko (Russian: Юрий Васильевич Мельниченко; born 5 June 1972) is a Kazakhstani wrestler who won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman bantamweight (52–57 kg) category at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

[1] He competed at the next Olympics in the featherweight division and finished 19th.

[2] After retiring from competing, Melnichenko worked as a wrestling coach.

In August 2023, he was appointed head coach of the national Greco-Roman wrestling team of Kazakhstan.

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