Irini Merleni


Country
Birth date
Age
08/02/1982 - KAMYANETS-PODILSKYY (UKR) 
30
Height
Weight
Gender
150 cm / 4'11" 
51 kg / 112 lbs 
F
Sport
MERLENI Irini

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RankEventYearLocation
Olympic Games
1Freestyle 48 kg2004Athens, GRE
3Freestyle 48 kg2008Beijing, CHN
World Championships
1Freestyle 48 kg2003New York, NY, USA
1Freestyle 46 kg2001Sofia, BUL
1Freestyle 46 kg2000Sofia, BUL
2Freestyle 48 kg2007Baku, AZE
2Freestyle 48 kg2005Budapest, HUN

Hobbies

Listening to music, playing the piano and Eastern dance. (wrestlingua.com, 21 Aug 2010; gazetavv.com, 29 Mar 2012)

Education

Physical Education - Kamyanets-Podilsky National University, Kamyanets'-Podil's'kyy, UKR

Family

Spouse Andrey and two sons - Artur (born in December 2006) and Adam (born in 2011)

Language(s) spoken

Ukrainian

Coach

Aleksey Melnik [brother] (UKR) from 2004 (ukrwrestling.com, 22 Feb 2012)

Other sports

Her husband Andrey Mikulchin is also a freestyle wrestler. (gazeta.ua, 18 Jul 2008)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
She started wrestling in 1997 in Ukraine. (FILA, 23 Feb 2004; FILA, 20 Jul 2008)

Reason for taking up this sport
She first tried gymnastics and chess, but after watching movies with Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee she got the desire to fight. (gazeta.ua, 18 Jul 2008)

Ambitions
To win a gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (wrestlingua.com, 21 Aug 2010)

Hero
Japanese wrestler Hitomi Sakamoto. (sport-express.ua, 20 Jul 2010)

Superstitions / Rituals
She prays before a bout. (wrestlingua.com, 21 Aug 2010)

Sporting philosophy / motto
"Even if I die, I will never give up." (sport-express.ua, 20 Jul 2010)

Awards
She holds the national sports title of Honoured Master of Sport. (ukrwrestling.com, 22 Feb 2012)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008, Athens 2004


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