Artur Aleksanyan
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Armenia |
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| Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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2012 London | 96 kg |
| World Championships | ||
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2013 Budapest | 96 kg |
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2014 Tashkent | 98 kg |
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2015 Las Vegas | 98 kg |
| European Championships | ||
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2011 Dortmund | 96 kg |
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2012 Belgrade | 96 kg |
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2013 Tbilisi | 96 kg |
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2014 Vantaa | 98 kg |
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2016 Riga | 98 kg |
| Junior World Championships | ||
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2009 Ankara | 84 kg |
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2010 Budapest | 84 kg |
Artur Aleksanyan (Armenian: Արթուր Ալեքսանյան, born 21 October 1991) is an Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a two-time world champion, three-time European Champion and an Olympic bronze medalist.
Aleksanyan had a successful junior career, becoming a World Champion in 2010.
Now competing as a senior, Artur won a gold medal at the 2012 European Wrestling Championships in Belgrade.[1]
Aleksanyan came in first place at the 2012 Olympic Qualification Tournament and won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2]
He won another gold medal at the 2013 European Wrestling Championships in Tbilisi, making him a two-time European Champion.[3] Upon returning home, the Mayor of Gyumri Samvel Balasanyan received Aleksanyan and congratulated the athlete on his recent victory in the European Championships. Balasanyan thanked Aleksanyan for restating the sporting legacy of Gyumri with his performance and awarded him directly.[4]
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- Articles containing Armenian-language text
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Gyumri
- Gyumri State Pedagogical Institute alumni
- Armenian sport wrestlers
- Olympic wrestlers of Armenia
- Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Armenia
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Male sport wrestlers
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
