Armenak Yaltyryan

Armenak Yaltyryan

Personal information
Born	13 May 1914 Krym, Rostov Oblast, Russian Empire
Died	18 December 1999 (aged 85) Krym, Rostov Oblast, Russia
Sport
Sport	Freestyle wrestling
Club	Dynamo Kyiv
Coached by	Aleksandr Pustynnikov
Medal record Representing the Soviet Union European Championships 1947 Prague -67 kg

Armenak "Aram" Yaltyryan (Russian: Ялтырян, Ukrainian: Ялтирян, 13 May 1914 – 18 December 1999) was a Soviet lightweight wrestler. He won a silver medal at the 1947 European Championships and placed fourth at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Yaltyryan was born to an Armenian family in the village of Krym, Rostov Oblast, Russia. He took up wrestling in 1934 and competed in the lightweight division both in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling. He won the Soviet title in 1938–1940 and 1945–1952 in freestyle and in 1946–1948 in Greco-Roman wrestling. His career was interrupted by World War II, when he fought in the Battle of Kiev and was taken a prisoner of war. He retired in 1952 and then had a long career as a wrestling coach in Ukraine. His trainees include Vladimir Sinyavsky, Boris Gurevich, Yury Gusov and Vladimir Gulyutkin. In 1986 he returned to Krym, where he continued to coach wrestlers until his death in 1999.