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Melman is an avid runner and triathlete who ran 35 [[marathon]]s in Europe and the US, six [[ultramarathon]]s of 50 to 75 km and four [[Ironman Triathlon]]s. He is the initiator and founder of "Israman" (Israel's Ironman). In 2009, eighty days after suffering a [[heart attack]], he returned to run a full marathon. One of his books in Hebrew is called "Autobiography of Running". In December 2016 he ran 66 km to mark his 66th birthday.<ref>Yossi Melman, [http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Run-for-a-lifetime-477533 Run for a lifetime], ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]'', January 5, 2017</ref>
In 2020, US President [[Donald Trump]] retweeted Melman's account of the killing of [[Mohsen Fakhrizadeh]], head of the [[nuclear program of Iran]].<ref name="cnn">{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/27/middleeast/iran-top-nuclear-scientist-killed-intl/index.html|title=Iran's top nuclear scientist killed in apparent assassination, state media reports|first=Tamara Qiblawi, Nick Paton Walsh, Ramin Mostaghim, Mostafa Salem and Ivana Kottasová|last=CNN|website=CNN|access-date=27 November 2020|archive-date=27 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127190923/https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/27/middleeast/iran-top-nuclear-scientist-killed-intl/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 1976, Melman married Billie Rozensweig, a [[Tel Aviv]]-born Israeli historian. They have two children: Yotam and Daria.▼
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