Malkhas Amoyan, bronze medalist at the Paris Olympic Games

World champion and three-time European champion Malkhas Amoyan achieved a glorious victory by winning the bronze medal at the Olympic Games held in Paris.

In the Greco-Roman wrestling Olympic tournament, in the 77 kg weight category, 25-year-old Malkhas Amoyan competed against Aram Vardanyan, representing Uzbekistan, who is a world silver medalist and Asian Championship bronze medalist, and won with a score of 6:5 (live broadcast).

The competitors hugged at the start of the bout before commencing. In the first period, Amoyan first scored one point by pushing Vardanyan out of the mat. He then had the opportunity to work from the top position and increased the score to 6:0 with a four-point throw.

The competitors went to rest with a score of 6:0 in favor of Amoyan.

In the second period, Aram Vardanyan received one point for activity. Amoyan was placed in the parterre position, and his opponent scored four points.

The bout ended with a beautiful victory for Malkhas Amoyan with a score of 6:5.

The three-time European champion began his journey at his first Olympic Games from the 1/8 finals, where he confidently won 8:0 against Johnny Kunnari Sarkkinen from Finland, the 2021 European junior champion, the 2022 U20 European silver medalist, and the 2023 U23 European champion.

In the quarter-finals, Amoyan defeated Amin Kaviani Nejad from Iran, the Asian Games silver medalist and Asian champion, with a score of 3:0.

In the semi-finals, Amoyan lost 1:3 to Nao Kusaka from Japan, the world bronze medalist and Asian champion.

Malkhas Amoyan was participating in his first Olympic Games.

Malkhas Amoyan

Greco-Roman wrestling, 77 kg

Personal coach: Hamlet Hovhannisyan

Born on January 22, 1999, in Yerevan.

Ethnicity: Yazidi

Malkhas Amoyan is the nephew of Roman Amoyan, a bronze medalist of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, world silver medalist, two-time world bronze medalist, two-time European champion, and four-time European silver medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling.

He was the 2016 European cadet champion, 2016 world cadet bronze medalist, 2017 European junior bronze medalist, 2017 junior world silver medalist, 2018 European junior bronze medalist, 2018 junior world champion, and 2019 European junior champion.

He made his senior debut in the 2019 Poland Open tournament, winning the gold medal.

He is the 2020 individual World Cup silver medalist, the 2021 European silver medalist, the 2021 U23 European champion, and the 2021 world champion in the 72 kg weight category.

In 2021, he switched to the Olympic weight category of 77 kg.

He is the 2022 European champion in his new weight category, the 2022 world bronze medalist, the 2022 U23 world champion, the 2023 European champion, and the 2023 world bronze medalist.

In 2024, he became the European champion.

Malkhas Amoyan is the nephew of Roman Amoyan, a bronze medalist of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, world silver medalist, two-time world bronze medalist, two-time European champion, and four-time European silver medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling.

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