ALEKSANYAN Artur

Date of Birth: 21 Oct 1991

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Olympic Scholarship

Place of birth: GYUMRI

Birth Country:

Armenia

Place of residence : GYUMRI

Residence Country:

Armenia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 97kg	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat B	Men's Greco-Roman 97kg Semifinal #88 IRI SARAVI MSARAVI Mohammadhadi 1 ARM ALEKSANYAN AALEKSANYAN Artur 4 VPO1	Finished
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat B	Men's Greco-Roman 97kg Final #154 ROC EVLOEV MEVLOEV Musa 5 VPO1 ARM ALEKSANYAN AALEKSANYAN Artur 1	Finished
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat C	Men's Greco-Roman 97kg 1/8 Final #80 KGZ DZHUZUPBEKOV UDZHUZUPBEKOV Uzur 1 ARM ALEKSANYAN AALEKSANYAN Artur 4 VPO1	Finished
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat C	Men's Greco-Roman 97kg 1/4 Final #84 FIN SAVOLAINEN AMSAVOLAINEN Arvi Martin 1 ARM ALEKSANYAN AALEKSANYAN Artur 5 VPO1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Greco-Roman 98kg	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
3	Greco-Roman 96kg	2012	London, GBR

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Greco-Roman 98kg	2017	Paris, FRA
1	Greco-Roman 98kg	2015	Las Vegas, NV, USA
1	Greco-Roman 98kg	2014	Tashkent, UZB
2	Greco-Roman 97kg	2019	Nur-Sultan, KAZ
2	Greco-Roman 96kg	2013	Budapest, HUN
5	Greco-Roman 97kg	2018	Budapest, HUN
7	Greco-Roman 96kg	2011	Istanbul, TUR

European Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Greco-Roman 97kg	2019	Minsk, BLR

European Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Greco-Roman 97kg	2020	Rome, ITA
1	Greco-Roman 97kg	2018	Kaspiysk, RUS
3	Greco-Roman 98kg	2017	Belgrade, SRB

Ranking Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Greco-Roman 97kg	2019	Nur-Sultan, KAZ
5	Greco-Roman 97kg	2018	Budapest, HUN
5	Greco-Roman 97kg	2018	Warsaw, POL

White Bear (ru.armeniasputnik.am, 13 Feb 2020)

Playing and watching football. (ru.armeniasputnik.am, 05 Feb 2020)

Occupation:

Shirak State University, Gyumri, ARM

Languages spoken:

Armenian, Russian

Gevorg Aleksanyan [father], ARM, from 2000

2011 for Armenia (Athlete, 07 Aug 2012)

He began wrestling in 2000 in Gyumri, Armenia. (Athlete, 07 Aug 2012)

He followed his father and his uncle into the sport. (Athlete, 07 Aug 2012)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (armnoc.am, 17 Dec 2019)

French footballer Zinedine Zidane. (Athlete, 07 Aug 2012)

His father Gevorg Aleksanyan. (Athlete, 07 Aug 2012)

Philosophy:

"Wrestling is my life." (mediamax.am. 18 May 2016)

For winning gold in the 98kg category at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, he received the Order for Merits to the Fatherland [first grade] from the president of Armenia, as well as the titles of Honorary Citizen of the cities Yerevan and Gyumri in Armenia. (president.am, 07 Sep 2016; armenpress.am, 04 Oct 2016; newsarmenia.am, 05 Oct 2016)

For winning gold in the 98kg category at the 2015 World Championships in Las Vegas, NV, United States of America, he received the Order for Merits to the Fatherland [second grade] in Armenia. (president.am, 16 Sep 2015)

For his achievements at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, where he won bronze in the 96kg category, he received the Movses Khorenatsi medal in Armenia. (president.am, 24 Dec 2012)

General Interest

General
AMBASSADOR
In 2019 he became a United Nations Children's Fund [UNICEF] Goodwill Ambassador in Armenia. "I am ready to assist UNICEF in realising the right of every child in Armenia to live a healthy life. In my opinion, we need to inspire children, and create appropriate conditions for them to lead a healthy lifestyle." (arminfo.info, 18 Nov 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
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