Vitaliy Melnik (born 25 January 1966) is a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

luge A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face up) and feet-first. A luger steers by using the calf muscles to flex the sled's runners or by exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh for s ...

r who competed in the mid-1980s. He won the bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1985 FIL World Luge Championships in Oberhof, East Germany. He also competed in the men's doubles event at the

1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 ( bla, Mohkínsstsisi 1988; sto, Wîchîspa Oyade 1988 or ; cr, Otôskwanihk 1998/; srs, Guts� ...

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Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
1966 births Living people Russian male lugers Soviet male lugers Olympic lugers of the Soviet Union Lugers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Moscow {{Russia-luge-bio-stub