Yevgeniy Meleshenko (born 19 January 1981) is a Kazakhstani hurdler.
Career He finished fifth at the 2002 World Junior Championships, won the silver medal at the 2001 Summer Universiade and finished ninth at the 2006 World Cup. He also finished seventh in the 4x400 metres relay at the 2005 Summer Universiade.
On the regional level he won the bronze medal at the 2002 Asian Championships, the silver medals at the 2003 and 2005 Asian Championships and the gold medal at the 2007 Asian Championships. He finished fourth at the 2006 Asian Games. He also won a gold in the Athletics at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games.
He also competed at the World Championships in 2003, 2005 and 2007 as well as the Olympic Games in 2004 and the 2008 without reaching the final.
His personal best time is 48.46 seconds, achieved at the 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing.
Competition record Representing 2000World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile5th400 m hurdles51.052001Universiade Beijing, China 2nd400 m hurdles48.462002Asian ChampionshipsColombo, Sri Lanka 3rd400 m hurdles49.56Asian GamesBusan, South Korea4th400 m hurdles49.842003World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland13th (sf)400 m hurdles48.84Asian ChampionshipsManila, Philippines 2nd400 m hurdles49.55Afro-Asian GamesHyderabad, India 1st400 m hurdles49.662004Olympic GamesBeijing, China20th (sf)400 m hurdles49.482005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland14th (sf)400 m hurdles49.22Universiadeİzmir, Turkey1st (h)400 m hurdles50.307th4 × 400 m relay3:09.92Asian ChampionshipsIncheon, South Korea 2nd400 m hurdles49.186th4 × 400 m relay3:10.73Asian Indoor GamesBangkok, Thailand 2nd400 m47.842006Asian Indoor ChampionshipsPattaya, Thailand 3rd400 m48.65Asian GamesDoha, Qatar4th400 m hurdles50.572007Asian ChampionshipsAmman, Jordan 1st400 m hurdles50.016th4 × 400 m relay3:13.80UniversiadeBangkok, Thailand5th400 m hurdles49.86World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan18th (sf)400 m hurdles49.562008Olympic GamesBeijing, China – (h)400 m hurdlesDNF2009Asian ChampionshipsGuangzhou, China5th400 m hurdles51.472010Asian GamesGuangzhou, China4th400 m hurdles51.34
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