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Karapet Chalyan

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Karapet Chalyan
Personal information
Born (1993-08-07) 7 August 1993 (age 31)
Gyumri, Armenia
Height172 cm (5.64 ft; 68 in)
Sport
CountryArmenia
SportAmateur wrestling
EventGreco-Roman
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Armenia
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk 77 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Riga 75 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Rome 77 kg

Karapet Chalyan (born 7 August 1993) is an Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a silver medalist at the European Games and a two-time bronze medalist at the European Wrestling Championships. He also represented Armenia at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

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In 2019, Chalyan represented Armenia at the European Games in Minsk, Belarus and he won the silver medal in the 77 kg event.[1] In the final, he lost against Aleksandr Chekhirkin of Russia.[1]

Chalyan won one of the bronze medals in the 77 kg event at the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.[2][3][4] In the same year, he competed in the men's 77 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[5] In 2021, he lost his bronze medal match in the 82 kg event at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships in Warsaw, Poland.[6]

Chalyan competed in the men's 77 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[7] He lost his bronze medal match against Rafig Huseynov of Azerbaijan.[7]

Chalyan competed in the 82 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[8]

Achievements

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Year Tournament Venue Result Event
2016 European Championships Riga, Latvia 3rd Greco-Roman 75 kg
2019 European Games Minsk, Belarus 2nd Greco-Roman 77 kg
2020 European Championships Rome, Italy 3rd Greco-Roman 77 kg

References

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  1. ^ a b "2019 European Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  2. ^ Houston, Michael (11 February 2020). "Teenager Nazaryan wins Greco-Roman gold on day two of European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  3. ^ "European Wrestling Championships: Karapet Chalyan becomes European bronze medalist". NEWS.am Sport. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  4. ^ "2020 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  5. ^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  6. ^ "2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  8. ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
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