Artur Aleksanyan

PARIS (Armenpress) — Artur Aleksanyan, a member of the Armenian Olympic team and a gold, silver, and bronze medalist of previous Olympic Games, as well as a multiple world and European champion, won the silver medal at Paris 2024 on August 7.

In the final of the Greco-Roman wrestling 97-kilogram weight category at the Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris, Aleksanyan lost to Iran’s Mohammad Hadi Saravi with a score of 4:1.

Artur Aleksanyan’s accomplishments are remarkable:

Olympic Medals: Gold (Rio 2016), Silver (Tokyo 2020), Bronze (London 2012)

World Championships: Four-time champion (2014, 2015, 2017, 2022)

European Championships: Seven-time champion (2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2024)

Malkhas Amoyan

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On the same day, wrestler Malkhas Amoyan, representing the Armenian Olympic team, won the bronze medal in the 77-kilogram weight category of Greco-Roman wrestling. In the Champ-de-Mars Arena, Amoyan defeated Aram Vardanyan, an Armenian wrestler competing for Uzbekistan, with a score of 6:5.

Mlkhas Amoyan, who is a gold medalist from the 2022 World Championship and a three-time European champion, achieved a significant milestone with his first Olympic appearance at Paris-2024.

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