Mélonin Noumonvi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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French wrestler
Date of Birth: 10-Oct-1982
Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France
Profession: amateur wrestler
Nationality: France
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
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About Mélonin Noumonvi
- 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.
- However, after Abrahamian refused to take home the bronze medal, he decided to get it.
- However, the IOC would not allow him that medal, as it was not affected by Abrahamian's tantrum.
- Furious, Noumonvi began to attack the IOC, but was stopped by security.
- He was eventually banned from wrestling for a year, but as of 2010, his ban was now lifted.
- 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.
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