Boris Melnik (2 February 1945 – 24 November 2016) was a Soviet

sports shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as ...

. He competed at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

and the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...

. He won a silver medal in 1972 in the 300 m rifle, three positions event.

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* 1945 births 2016 deaths Soviet male sport shooters Ukrainian male sport shooters Olympic shooters of the Soviet Union Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Vinnytsia Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub