Karapet Chalyan (born 7 August 1993) is an

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...

Greco-Roman wrestler Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling ( Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mo ...

. He is a silver medalist at the

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and a two-time bronze medalist at the

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. He also represented Armenia at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

held in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

In 2019, Chalyan represented Armenia at the

in Minsk, Belarus and he won the silver medal in the 77 kg event. In the final, he lost against

Aleksandr Chekhirkin Aleksandr Konstantinovich Chekhirkin (russian: Александр Константинович Чехиркин; born 13 March 1986) is a Russian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a three-times national champion, having won in 2009, 2017 and 2018. In ...

of Russia. Chalyan won one of the bronze medals in the 77 kg event at the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy. In the same year, he competed in the men's 77 kg event at the

2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup The inaugural 2020 Individual World Wrestling Cup was held in Belgrade, Serbia from 12–18 December 2020. It was a replacement event for the 2020 World Championships, which should have taken place in the same location, but since some criteria wer ...

held in Belgrade, Serbia. In 2021, he lost his bronze medal match in the 82 kg event at the

2021 European Wrestling Championships The 2021 European Wrestling Championships was held from 19 to 25 April 2021 in Warsaw, Poland. 428 athletes from 36 countries competed for continental gold at the European Championship. There were 168 Greco-Roman tournament entries, 155 freestyle ...

in Warsaw, Poland. Chalyan competed in the men's 77 kg event at the

held in Tokyo, Japan. He lost his bronze medal match against Rafig Huseynov of Azerbaijan. Chalyan competed in the 82kg event at the

2022 World Wrestling Championships The 2022 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held between 10 and 18 September 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. The UWW Bureau approved the candidature of Belgrade, Serbia ...

held in Belgrade, Serbia.

Achievements

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* * * * 1993 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Armenian male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games European Games silver medalists for Armenia European Games medalists in wrestling European Wrestling Championships medalists Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers for Armenia 21st-century Armenian people {{Armenia-wrestling-bio-stub