Nikolai Andreyevich Melnikov (born January 24, 1948) is a former
water polo
Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...
player for the Soviet Union.
He is Jewish, and was born in Moscow, Russia.
He won a gold medal at the
1972 Olympics in Munich.
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List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
This is a list of Water polo at the Summer Olympics, Olympic champions in men's water polo since the inaugural official edition in Water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900.
Abbreviations
History
Water polo at the Summer Olympics, Men's wat ...
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List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament.
There are fifty-nine male athletes who have ...
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List of world champions in men's water polo
This is a list of world champions in men's water polo since the inaugural official edition in 1973.
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History
The 1973 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the first edition of the men's water polo tournament at the World Aquati ...
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List of select Jewish water polo players
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1948 births
Living people
Soviet male water polo players
Olympic water polo players of the Soviet Union
Water polo players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Water polo players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic medalists in water polo
Jewish water polo players
Soviet Jews
Russian Jews
Sportspeople from Moscow
Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Russian male water polo players
Universiade medalists in water polo
Moscow State University alumni
Universiade gold medalists for the Soviet Union
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