Artiom Kiouregkian ( el, Αρτιόμ Κιουρεγκιάν, born 9 September 1976) is an

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n-born

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. He won a bronze medal at the

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in the Greco-Roman featherweight division.

Biography

Kyuregyan was born on 9 September 1976 in Leninakan (now

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. He took up Greco-Roman wrestling at the age of 6 years under Khachatur Vardanyan. From 1992 to 1999 he lived in

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, Russia, where he was trained at Dynamo club by Anatoly Vinnik. In 1997 he placed second at the Russian championships. In 1999 he moved to

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, where he continued wrestling under the guidance of his cousin Arutika Rubenian. The greatest success of his career came in 2004. At the

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in Haparanda he reached the final. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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, he won his first three bouts, then lost in the semifinal, and won a bronze medal match. In 2001–2007 Kyuregyan competed for the German club KSV Aalen, and then in 2010–2011 for RKG Freiburg.

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* * * * 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Gyumri Armenian male sport wrestlers Greek male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Greece Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Greece Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Naturalized citizens of Greece Greek people of Armenian descent European Wrestling Championships medalists {{Greece-wrestling-bio-stub