Karapet Chalyan

Karapet Chalyan (born 7 August 1993) is an Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a silver medalist at the European Games and a two-time bronze medalist at the European Wrestling Championships. He also represented Armenia at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

Karapet Chalyan
Personal information
Born (1993-08-07) 7 August 1993
Height172 cm (5.64 ft; 68 in)
Sport
CountryArmenia
SportAmateur wrestling
Event(s)Greco-Roman
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Armenia
European Games
2019 Minsk 77 kg
European Championships
2016 Riga 75 kg
2020 Rome 77 kg

Career

In 2019, he represented Armenia at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus and he won the silver medal in the 77 kg event.[1] In the final, he lost against Aleksandr Chekhirkin of Russia.[1]

In 2020, he won one of the bronze medals in the 77 kg event at the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.[2][3][4] In the same year, he competed in the men's 77 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[5] In 2021, he lost his bronze medal match in the 82 kg event at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships in Warsaw, Poland.[6]

He competed in the men's 77 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[7] He lost his bronze medal match against Rafig Huseynov of Azerbaijan.[7]

Major results
Year Tournament Venue Result Event
2016 European Championships Riga, Latvia 3rd Greco-Roman 75 kg
2019 European Games Minsk, Belarus 2nd Greco-Roman 77 kg
2020 European Championships Rome, Italy 3rd Greco-Roman 77 kg

References
  1. "2019 European Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 4 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Houston, Michael (11 February 2020). "Teenager Nazaryan wins Greco-Roman gold on day two of European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "European Wrestling Championships: Karapet Chalyan becomes European bronze medalist". NEWS.am Sport. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "2020 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  5. "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  6. "2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  7. "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.


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