Yury Afanasyevich Melikhov (russian: Юрий Афанасьевич Мелихов; 1 April 1937 – February 2000) was a Russian cyclist. He competed in the road race and 100 km

team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...

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. In 1960 he finished in fourth place on the road and won a bronze medal in the time trial. In 1964 he finished in 60th and 5th place respectively. He won a bronze medal in the team time trial at the world championship in 1963 and six national titles in road race disciplines in 1958–1963. He took part in the

Peace Race The Peace Race (german: Friedensfahrt, cs, Závod míru, sk, Preteky mieru, russian: Велогонка Мира (), pl, Wyścig Pokoju , french: Course de la Paix, it, Corsa della Pace, ro, Cursa Păcii) was an annual multiple stage bicycl ...

in 1959, 1961, 1962 and 1965, winning them all in the team competition. In 1959, he won one stage and finished in seventh place individually. In 1961, he won four stages and the overall race. In 1962, with no single stage win he managed to finishing second overall. In 1965 he won two stages, but ended in a disappointing 45th place. After retirement from competitions he coached cycling teams in Saint Petersburg and in East Germany.

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1937 births 2000 deaths Olympic cyclists of the Soviet Union Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Russian male cyclists Soviet male cyclists Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in cycling Cyclists from Saint Petersburg Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics {{USSR-cycling-bio-stub