ARMENIAN WRESTLER WINS GOLD AT EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
13:35 07.04.2014
Armenia’s Greco-Roman wrestler Artur Aleksanyan defeated his Turkish
opponent Cenk Ildem in the finals of the 2014 European Wrestling
Championships in Vantaa, Finland, to claim the continent’s title for
the third time in his career. The 22-year-old defeated rivals from
Ukraine, Croatia, Germany, Norway and Turkey.
Another Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler Arsen Julfalakyan (75 kg) won
a silver medal at the same championships. In the final fight the
26-year-old Armenian lost to Russia’s Alexander Chekirski 3-4. On
the way to the final Julfalakyan beat representatives of Croatia,
Austria, Sweden and Denmark.
Earlier, Armenia’s freestyle wrestler Grigor Grigoryan (71 kg) won
a silver medal, while Garik Barseghyan (57 kg) and Musa Murtazaliyev
(86 kg) won bronze medals.
From: Baghdasarian
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