Malkhas Amoyan | |
Birth Date: | 1999 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Yerevan, Armenia |
Height: | 1.68 m |
Country: | Armenia |
Sport: | Greco-Roman |
Weight Class: | 72-77 kg |
Event: | Greco-Roman |
Club: | Dinamo |
Malkhas Amoyan (born 22 January 1999) is an Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler of Yazidi descent. He won the gold medal in the men's 72kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway, and he also won the gold medal in the men's 77kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.
In 2020, Amoyan won the silver medal in the 72kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[1] [2]
Amoyan won the gold medal in the 72kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[3] [4] In 2021, he also won the silver medal in the 72kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.[5] [6]
Amoyan won the gold medal in the 77kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[7] [8] He won one of the bronze medals in the 77kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[9] Amoyan also won one of the bronze medals in the 77kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.
He won the gold medal in the 77kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[10] In the final, he defeated Yunus Emre Başar of Turkey.[10]
His uncle Roman Amoyan is a retired competitive wrestler.[11]
Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event | |
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2021 | European Championships | Warsaw, Poland | 2nd | Greco-Roman 72kg | |
World Championships | Oslo, Norway | 1st | Greco-Roman 72kg | ||
2022 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 1st | Greco-Roman 77kg | |
World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 3rd | Greco-Roman 77kg | ||
2023 | European Championships | Zagreb, Croatia | 1st | Greco-Roman 77kg | |
World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 3rd | Greco-Roman 77kg | ||
2024 | European Championships | Bucharest, Romania | 1st | Greco-Roman 77kg |