Armen Vardanyan

Poor Frunsekowitsch Vardanyan (Armenian Արմեն Վարդանյան; born November 30, 1982 in Zaporizhia ) is an Armenian or Ukrainian wrestler. He was European champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in 2004 and 2008 at lightweight.

Career

Poor Wardanjan comes before Armenian parents, but grew up in Zaporozhye (Ukraine ) and began at the age of 10 years in 1992 with the rings. He concentrated on the Greco-Roman. Style and was introduced to the world leaders by his coach Murat Sarkisian already at junior level. His club was then Dynamo Zaporozhye. Until 1998, he competed for Armenia. In 1999 he went to Kiev, where he studied sports and went to the starting line for the sport club BK Kiev and the Ukraine. His coach was there Ewgeni Chertkov.

His first great success on the international wrestling mat he garnered a in 1998, when he at the World Youth Games in Moscow in the Cadets ( = up to the age of 16 ) in the class to 57 kg body weight ( bantamweight ) the second occupied space. In 2000 he raced in Moscow for the first time at the European Championship at featherweight. He had to learn the hard way there but still pay and only came to the 9th rank. For this he was in the same year in Nantes Junior European Featherweight Champion, which he in Tashkent added the Vice World Champion title in the junior category at lightweight in 2001.

In 2001 he was again at the European Championship in Istanbul at the start, but lost his first fight there, was eliminated and finished only 19th place.

In 2003 he was again at the European Championships in Belgrade in lightweight at the start. He won his first four fights there, but then lost the final to the experienced Turkish champion Şeref Eroğlu with 2:5 points and thus became vice - European champion.

In 2004, he then succeeded in Haparanda / Finland the first title. He was charged with five wins in superior style European champions. But at the Olympic Games this year in Athens, he was able to win a medal. Again he was defeated by Şeref Eroğlu, this time even with 0:5 points.

In 2005 poor was Vardanyan at the European Championships in Varna and at the World Championships in Budapest at the start. In Varna, he won the lightweight just a fight, but was defeated by Nikolai Gergow from Bulgaria and surprisingly well against Moises Sanchez Parra from Spain and reached only the 12th Place. In Budapest it was better. Here he won, among others but on the Swedish former world champion Jimmy Samuelsson, was beaten Nikola Gergow again. In the battle for third place, he was also subject to the Cubans Alain Milián and reached the final statement of the 5th Place.

In the years 2006 and 2007 arms Vardanyan has not been used in international championships. But in April 2008 he was again at the European Championships in Tampere there and won, more than ever, with five wins his second European title.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greek and Roman. Styles, Ba = bantamweight, then to 57 kg body weight, Fe = featherweight, and 2001 's 63 kg, from 2002 up to 60 kg body weight, Le = lightweight until 2001-69 kg from 2002-66 kg body weight)

• 2000 9th place European Championships in Moscow, GR, Fe, Winner: Warteres Warteressowitsch Samurgaschew, Russia before Beat Motzer, Switzerland and Vitaly Zhuk, Belarus;

• 2000 1st place, Junior European Championship ( Juniors) in Nantes, GR, Fe, before Yuri Kliaschnew, Russia, Ivo Minkow, Bulgaria and Louis Liendo, Venezuela;

• 2001 19th Place, EM in Istanbul, GR, Fe, Winner: Şeref Eroğlu, Turkey before Temur Telmanow, Russia & Wlodzimirz Zawadzki, Poland;

• 2001, 2nd place, Junior World Championships ( Juniors) in Tashkent, GR, Le, behind Andrei Demankin, Russia & Çebi before Selçuk, Turkey and Elizbar Machutadse, Georgia;

• 2003 2nd place European Championships in Belgrade, GR, Le, with victories over Moises Sanchez Parra, Spain, Nikolai Gergow, Bulgaria, Marciej Panariuk, Poland and Sergei Kuntarew, Russia and a defeat against Şeref Eroğlu;

• 2004, 1st Place, EM in Haparanda, GR, Le, with victories over Sergei Kuntarew, Ricardo Magni, Italy, Konstantinos Arkondeas, Greece, Ari Pekka Härkänen, Finland and Vitaly Shuk;

• 2004 5th Place, OS in Athens, GR, Le, with victories over Louis Fernando Izquierdo, Cuba & Manuchar Kwirkwelia, Georgia and a defeat against Şeref Eroğlu;

• 2005, 1st Place, " Stanislaw Pytlasiński " tournament in Warsaw, GR, Le, before Jimmy Samuelsson, Sweden, Julian Kwit, Poland and Nikolai Gergow;

• 2005 12th Place, EM in Varna, GR, Le, with a win over Cedric Larfon, France and defeats Nikolai Gergow, Bulgaria and Moises Sanchez Parra;

• 2005 5th Place, WM in Budapest, GR, Le, with victories over Artak Harujunjan, Armenia, Ionut Panait, Romania and Jimmy Samuelsson and defeats Nikolai Gergow and Alain Milián, Cuba;

• 2006, 5th place, Vantaan Cup in Vantaa / Finland, GR, Le, behind Alexander Kikinow, Belarus, Antti Hakala, Finland, Christopher Ljungbäck, Sweden & Vadim Novikov, Russia;

• 2006, 3rd place, Haparanda Cup, GR, Le, behind Oleksandr Khvoshsh, Ukraine & Tiziano Corriga, Italy, together with Serjan Simonyan, Russia;

• 2007, 2nd place, " Stanislaw Pytlasiński " tournament in Warsaw, GR, Le, behind Farid Maschurow, Azerbaijan and before Mark Rial, USA & Şeref Eroğlu;

• 2007 3rd Place, Grand Prix of Germany in Dortmund, GR, Le, behind Ionel Puşcaşu, Romania and Jimmy Samuelsson, together with Selçuk Çebi;

• 2007 3rd place, World Cup in Antalya, GR, Le, with victories over Mukhran Machutadse, Georgia & Justin Harry Lester, USA and a defeat against Şeref Eroğlu;

• 2008, 1st place European Championships in Tampere, GR, Le, with victories over Tomas Sobecky, Czech Republic, Mukhran Machutadse, Hussamaddin Rajabow, Azerbaijan, Ruslan Belcharojew, Russia & Ionut Panait

• 2008, bronze medal, OS in Beijing, after victories over Fərid Mansurov, Azerbaijan, Jacob Deitchler, USA and Nikolai Gergow, Bulgaria and a defeat against Kanatbek Begaliew, Kyrgyzstan

Swell

• Journal The wrestler from 1996 to 2008
• International Wrestling Database of the Institute for Applied Training Science at the University of Leipzig