Dzmitry Meliakh ( be, Дзмітрый Мелях; born July 2, 1979, in

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) is a three-time Olympic

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from Belarus. He first competed at the

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in Athens, and achieved his best result in the men's event, with a score of 5,340 points, finishing in fifth place. Following his best result, he also won the gold medal at the 2006 UIPM World Cup no. 2 in Millfield,

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, and bronze medals at the European Senior Championships Olympic Qualification in

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in the team relay event, and the 2006 UIPM World Cup no. 5 in

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for the individual senior division. Meliakh's outstanding achievements guaranteed his places at the

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, where he finished in only twelfth place. Meliakh competed at his third Olympic games in

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, where he had a poor performance in the horse-riding and combined running and shooting segments the men's event, finishing abruptly in thirtieth position with a score of 5,380 points.

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* 1979 births Living people Belarusian male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for Belarus Modern pentathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Minsk World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists {{Belarus-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub