Faina Melnyk
Olympic athlete
1945 –
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Who is Faina Melnyk?
Faina Grigorievna Veleva-Melnik was a Soviet discus thrower, a 1972 Summer Olympics champion in the discus event.
She set 11 world records.
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- Born
- Jul 9, 1945
Ukraine - Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- Soviet Union
- Russia
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on July 23, 2013
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