Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1994, shekararsa ta farko da ta yi gasa a matsayin babban jami'i, Melissanidis ya sami nasara a fagen duniya. Ya lashe taken motsa jiki a gasar zakarun Turai ta 1994 a Prague. A Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 1994
ya yi daidai da Neil Thomas na Burtaniya don lambar azurfa a kasa. Tare da wannan nasarar, Melissanidis ya zama dan wasan motsa jiki na Girka na farko, namiji ko mace, don lashe lambar yabo a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya. Melissanidis ya canza sa'a bayan 1994: a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1995 da 1996 bai cancanci shiga wasan karshe ba.