![]() Roman Amoyan in 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Yerevan, Armenia | 3 September 1983|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Yerevan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Azis Amoyan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Roman Amoyan ( Armenian: Ռոման Ամոյան; born 3 September 1983) is an Armenian retired Greco-Roman wrestler of Yazidi descent. He is an Olympic bronze medalist, three-time World Championships medalist, and two-time European Champion. Amoyan received the Honored Master of Sports of Armenia title in 2009. [1]
Roman was born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR to Yazidi parents. He started wrestling in 1995 and became a Junior World Champion in 2001 and a Junior European Champion in 2002. He is uncle of Malkhas Amoyan. [2]
Amoyan won the Olympic bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg. Amoyan was Armenia's first Olympic medalist in wrestling in 16 years. [3]
He won a bronze medal in 2009 and a silver medal in 2010 at the World Wrestling Championships. Amoyan also won a gold medal in 2006 and three silver medals in 2003, 2005, and 2008 at the European Wrestling Championships.
Amoyan was a member of the Armenian Greco-Roman wrestling team at the 2010 Wrestling World Cup. [4] The Armenian team came in third place. Amoyan personally won a gold medal. [5]
In 2011, Amoyan was voted the Armenian Athlete of the Year. He had suffered a severe head injury early in the European Championships that year, but still bravely fought on, with a bloody wrapping on his head the whole time. Amoyan went on become a two-time European Champion despite the injury. [6]
He failed to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics. [7] Amoyan won another bronze medal at the World Championships in 2013 and another silver at the European Championships in 2016.
Amoyan is married. His wife is a doctor. They have a daughter. [8]