Vahan Juharyan
Vahan Juharjan, (Armenian Վահան Յուհարյանը, Wahan Juharjan; born 26 January 1978) is an Armenian wrestler. He was European Champion 2004 in Greco-Roman style in featherweight.
Career
Vahan Juharjan began as a teenager in 1983 with the rings. He was especially a member of the sports club Aiastan Gyumri. His coach was there Walik Vardanyan. He concentrated on the Greco- Roman style. Rings is a common sport in Armenia. The competition is therefore very strong there for each wrestler. But Vahan Juharjan was already in the junior age of the dominant wrestlers of Armenia in his style and in his weight class ( Flyweight, then to 54 kg body weight).
His international career began at the Junior World Championship in 1996 in the Polish Walbrzych. He arrived there in the flyweight to 5th place. To go one better in 1997 he was ranked one at the Junior European Championships in Istanbul. He arrived there on the 4th Place. For a big surprise Vahan Juharjan helped contribute in the Senior World Championships in 1997 in Wrocław, because he fought there in the flyweight with wins over Nick Zagranitschni from Israel, Zigmunds Jansons of Latvia and Marian Sandu from Romania reached the final before, in which he of the Turks Ercan Yildiz just 1-0 techn. Points was defeated. The vice-champion title was for him but a great success.
In the following years Vahan Juharjan could this success, with some exceptions, not confirm. So he came at the European Championships 1998 in Minsk with victories over Vitaly Cheban from Moldova and Joakim Söderman from Sweden and defeats against Andriy Kalaschnykow from Ukraine and Ercan Yildiz, against which he again 0-1 techn. Points subject, on the 9th Place. Even worse, he cut off at the Junior European Championships in 1998 in Tirana, where he was only on the 13th Place. But he surprised pleasantly at the Junior World Cup in 1998 in Cairo, for he was there behind the Russian Nikolai Antonkin again runners-up.
In 1999, Vahan Juharjan at the European Championships in Sofia flyweight after defeats against Samuel Danieljan, a starting for Russia Armenian compatriot and Sergei Sobokar from Ukraine only to 17th place. He was subsequently not used in the 1999 World Cup. At the European Championship in 2000 in Moscow, he also could not place it in the front of the field itself. He was there in the twelfth bantamweight. At the 2000 Olympic Games in Athens, he was not at the start.
But in 2001 he again took part in the European Championship, which was held in Istanbul, reaching bantamweight to 7th place, while he was absent from the World Cup this year.
After Vahan Juharjan went to Sweden, where a large Armenian community exists. It starts there for the Sports Club Spårvägens BK Stockholm. In 2004 he became Swedish champion at lightweight. This year, he was then, after a two-year hiatus for Armenia in an international championship, the European Championship, which took place used in Haparanda / Sweden. Supported by the strong Armenian community, he succeeded there featherweight with wins over Eusebiu Diaconu, Romania, Aleksej Djakonow, Lithuania, Lasha Lomadse, Georgia, EMIK Bunjamin, Turkey and Davor Stefanek from Serbia - Montenegro to become European champions. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, he did not participate.
But in 2005 he went to Armenia at the World Championships in Budapest at the start. He arrived there in the spring weight to victories over David Bedinadse, Georgia and Joseph Warren, United States, but lost to Ali ashkari Agboloag from Iran and against Eusebiu Diaconu and finished 5th.
2007 Vahan Juharjan occupied at the Swedish Championships in lightweight behind Robert Rosengren 2nd place. In the years 2008 and 2009, but was re- Swedish champion at lightweight. He also took in part with great success in several international tournaments in Scandinavia and the Baltics.
International success
Note: all contests in Greco -Roman style, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Flyweight from 1997 to 2001-54 kg abolished thereafter, bantamweight from 1997 to 2001-58 kg Featherweight, since 2002 up to 60 kg u. lightweight, since 2002-66 kg body weight
Swell
- Database of the Institute for Applied Training Science at the University of Leipzig,
- Website of the Swedish wrestler Association,
- Journal The Ringer,
- Svensk Brottning 100 år, publisher Swedish Ringer's Association, 2009