Mélonin Noumonvi

Mélonin Noumonvi

Personal information
Born	October 10, 1982
Medal record Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling Representing France World Championships 2009 Herning –84 kg 2014 Tashkent –85 kg European Championships 2006 Moscow –84 kg 2007 Sofia –84 kg 2013 Tbilisi 96 kg European Games 2015 Baku 98 kg Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería – 84 kg 2009 Pescara – 84 kg 2013 Mersin 96 kg

Mélonin Noumonvi (born October 10, 1982 in Paris) is a French Greco-Roman (under 84 kg) wrestler. At the Beijing 2008 Olympics, he lost to the eventual champion Andrea Minguzzi of Italy in the round of 16 and lost the bronze medal bout to Sweden's Ara Abrahamian. At the London 2012 Olympics, he controversially lost his quarter-final bout to Egypt's Karam Gaber. Two seconds from the end of the third period of that bout, he appeared to manage to take down his opponent. The referees validated the takedown but the judge overruled it. He subsequently lost the bronze medal bout to Poland's Damian Janikowski.