Roman Amoyan

Roman Amoyan
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
Competitor for  Armenia
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing 55 kg
World Championships
2009 Herning 55 kg
2010 Moscow 55 kg
2013 Budapest 55 kg
European Championship
2003 Belgrade 55 kg
2005 Varna 55 kg
2006 Moscow 55 kg
2008 Tampere 55 kg
2011 Dortmund 55 kg
World Cup
2010 Yerevan 55 kg

Roman Amoyan (Armenian: Ռոման Ամոյան, born September 3, 1983 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR) is an Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler of Yazidi descent. Amoyan received the Honored Master of Sports of Armenia title in 2009.[1][2]

Early life

Roman was born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR to Yazidi parents. He started wrestling in 1995 and became a Junior World Champion in 2001 and a Junior European Champion in 2002.

Career

Amoyan won the Olympic bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg. Amoyan was Armenia's first Olympic medalist in wrestling in 16 years.[3]

He won a bronze medal in 2009 and a silver medal in 2010 at the FILA Wrestling World Championships. He has also won two gold medals and three silver medals at the FILA Wrestling European Championships.

Amoyan was a member of the Armenian Greco-Roman wrestling team at the 2010 FILA Wrestling World Cup.[4] The Armenian team came in third place. Amoyan personally won a gold medal.[5]

In 2011, Amoyan was voted the Armenian Athlete of the Year. He had suffered a severe head injury early in the European Championships that year, but still bravely fought on, with a bloody wrapping on his head the whole time. Amoyan went on become a two-time European Champion despite the injury.[6]

He failed to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[7]

Personal life

Amoyan is married. His wife is a doctor. They both have a daughter.[8]

See also

References

  1. ПОДВЕДЕНЫ ИТОГИ ГОДА (in Russian). www.ra.am. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  2. НОК и Минспорта Армении наградили лучших спортсменов 2009 года (in Russian). newsarmenia.ru. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  3. "ARMENIANS in OLYMPICS 2008 (Fall 2008)". thearmenianchronicles.blogspot.com. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  4. "2010 FILA World Cup Results" (PDF). www.fila-official.com. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  5. "World Cup, Greco-Roman Seniors, 2010-02-13 Yerevan (ARM)". www.fila-official.com. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  6. "Greco-Roman Wrestler Roman Amoyan Voted Armenia’s Athlete of the Year". massispost.com. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  7. Հայաստանի լավագույն մարզիկը չի մասնակցի օլիմպիական խաղերին (in Armenian). www.slaq.am. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  8. Ռոման Ամոյան. Ըմբշամարտը, ծանրամարտը, ձյուդոն, բռնցքամարտը վայել չեն հայ կնոջը (in Armenian). sport.news.am. Retrieved 14 March 2013.

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