Malkhas Amoyan (born 22 January 1999) is an Armenian

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 mod ...

. He won the gold medal in the men's 72kg event at the

2021 World Wrestling Championships The 2021 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held from 2 to 10 October 2021 in Oslo, Norway. The event was subsequent to the 2019 World Championships due to the canc ...

held in Oslo, Norway, and he also won the gold medal in the men's 77kg event at the

2022 European Wrestling Championships The 2022 European Wrestling Championships was held from 28 March to 3 April 2022 in Budapest, Hungary. Belarusian and Russian wrestlers did not compete at the event after a ban as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Competition schedule ...

held in Budapest, Hungary.

Career

In 2020, Amoyan won the silver medal in the 72kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia. Amoyan won the gold medal in the 72kg event at the

held in Oslo, Norway. In 2021, he also won the silver medal in the 72kg event at the

European Wrestling Championships The European Wrestling Championships is the second oldest international wrestling competition of the modern world and the main wrestling championships in Europe. It predates World Wrestling Championships and other regional wrestling championship ...

held in Warsaw, Poland. Amoyan won the gold medal in the 77kg event at the

held in Budapest, Hungary. He won one of the bronze medals in the 77kg 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. Amoyan also won one of the bronze medals in the 77kg event at the

2023 World Wrestling Championships The 2023 World Wrestling Championships was held from 16 to 24 September 2023 in Belgrade, Serbia. Wrestlers get a chance to win 90 quotas for the Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics, 2024 Summer Olympics from the Belgrade Worlds. Any nation wh ...

held in Belgrade, Serbia. He won the gold medal in the 77kg event at the

2024 European Wrestling Championships The 2024 European Wrestling Championships was held from 12 to 18 February 2024 in Bucharest, Romania. At the 2024 European Championships, in accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, wrestlers from Russi ...

held in Bucharest, Romania. In the final, he defeated

Yunus Emre Başar Yunus Emre Basar (born November 5, 1995) competing in the 77 kg division of Greco-Roman wrestling. He won one of the bronze medals in the 77kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. He is a member of the � ...

of Turkey.

Personal life

His uncle

Roman Amoyan Roman Amoyan ( hy, Ռոման Ամոյան, born 3 September 1983) is an Armenian retired Greco-Roman wrestler of Yazidi-Kurdish descent. He is an Olympic bronze medalist, three-time World Championships medalist, and two-time European Champion. A ...

is a retired competitive wrestler.

Achievements

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Amoyan, Malkhas Living people 1999 births Sport wrestlers from Yerevan Armenian male sport wrestlers European Wrestling Championships medalists World Wrestling Champions European Wrestling Champions 21st-century Armenian people