Yakov Melnikov

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| name =Yakov Melnikov

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| country = Russian Empire
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1896|1|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Moscow, Russian Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1960|7|12|1896|1|13|df=y}}

| death_place = Moscow, Soviet Union

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}}Yakov Fyodorovich Melnikov ({{langx|ru|Яков Фёдорович Мельников}}; January 13, 1896 – July 12, 1960){{cite web | title=Знаменитости - биографии, интервью, истории | url=http://www.peoples.ru/sport/skating/yacov_melnikov/index.html | language=ru | access-date=25 November 2017}} was a Russian and Soviet speed skater. First recipient of the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR (1934).{{cite web | title=Яков Федорович Мельников биография - Биографии, фото, цитаты | website=PersonBio.com | url=http://www.personbio.com/view_post.php?id_info=35 | language=ru | access-date=25 November 2017}}

He was the bronze medalist of the 1923 World Allround Speed Skating Championships.{{cite web | title=Results of the 1923 World Championship Allround Men | website=SpeedSkatingStats.com | date=11 February 1923 | url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&g=m&type=wchall&year=1923 | access-date=25 November 2017}} Melnikov set 27 national records.[http://www.personbio.com/view_post.php?id_info=35 Биографии кратко и полностью]

He first started in the Russian championship in 1913. He last went on the ice as a participant in the country's championship in 1941. The last champion and record holder of the Russian Empire. The first champion of the RSFSR.