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{{short description|Soviet sport shooter}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name             = Alexander Melentyev
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|caption          = Melentyev at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow
|nationality      = {{USSR}}<br>{{KGZ}}
|birth_date       = {{birth date|df=yes|1954|6|27}}
|birth_place      = [[Penza]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[USSR]]
|death_date       = {{death date and age|2015|02|16|1954|6|27|df=yes}}
|death_place      = [[Bishkek]], [[Kyrgyzstan]]
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|sport            = [[Shooting sports|Shooting]]
|event            = [[50 metre pistol]], [[25 metre standard pistol|25 metre]], [[10 metre air pistol|10 metre]]
|medaltemplates   = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Shooting at the Summer Olympics|shooting]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre pistol|50&nbsp;m pistol]]}}
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'''Alexander Remmovich Melentyev''' ({{langx|ru|Алекса́ндр Ре́ммович Меле́нтьев}}; 27 June 1954 – 16 February 2015) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] competitive [[shooting sports|sport shooter]] who won a gold medal at the [[1980 Summer Olympics]]. The world record he set in 1980 remained unbeaten for 34 years. He was the first Olympic gold medalist from [[Kyrgyzstan]].<ref name="kabar" />

==Bio==

Melentyev was born in the Russian city of [[Penza]] but grew up in the [[Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic|Kyrgyz SSR]].<ref name="kabar">{{cite news |url=http://www.kabar.kg/rus/society/full/90185 |script-title=ru:Некролог в связи с кончиной первого Олимпийского чемпиона – кыргызстанца Александра Мелентьева |trans-title=Obituary of the first Olympic champion of Kyrgyzstan Alexander Melentyev |agency=Kabar |date=17 February 2015 |accessdate=19 February 2015 |language=ru |archive-date=20 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220164028/http://www.kabar.kg/rus/society/full/90185 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

At the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, Melentyev achieved a world record result of 581 (from 600, without final) in the [[50 m Pistol|50&nbsp;m pistol]] event in setting a new world and a new Olympic record. The world record was surpassed by [[Jin Jong-oh]] at the [[2014 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2014 World Championships]]; with his score of 581 Melentyev remains the current Olympic record holder.

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!colspan=9 | Current Olympic record held in [[50 m Pistol]]
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!colspan=9 | Current world record held in [[25 m Standard Pistol]]
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{{Shooting WR STP Men Teams}}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930005556/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MELENALE01 dataOlympics profile]
*[http://slovari.yandex.ru/dict/olympic/article/olymp/ol12/ol1-5076.htm?text=Александр%20Мелентьев Profile]{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|ru}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Aleksandr Melentjev|Aleksandr Melentyev}}

{{Olympic Champions Shooting FP}}

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[[Category:1954 births]]
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[[Category:Soviet male sport shooters]]
[[Category:Russian male sport shooters]]
[[Category:Kyrgyzstani male sport shooters]]
[[Category:ISSF pistol shooters]]
[[Category:Olympic shooters for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in shooting]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 1994 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Penza]]
[[Category:Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for Kyrgyzstan]]
[[Category:20th-century Russian sportsmen]]


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