Mihran Harutyunyan
Mihran Ediki Harutyunyan (Armenian: Միհրան Էդիկի Հարությունյան, Russian: Мигран Эдикович Арутюнян; born 25 March 1989) is an Armenian-Russian Greco-Roman wrestler and mixed martial artist.[1] He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics for Armenia where in the final he lost to Davor Štefanek of Serbia. The decision is still considered to be very doubtful, and a lot of people signed petition to award gold medal to Harutyunyan.[2] He is also a Russian national champion (2012) and runner-up (2011).[3]
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| Full name | Mihran Ediki Harutyunyan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Armenian Russian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 25, 1989 Vagharshapat, Armenia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Armenia Russia (former) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Aram Sarkisyan, Ruben Tatulyan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal life
He is married and has a daughter named Monica.[4] In 2020, following the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh war, he volunteered to join the defense of Artsakh.[5]
References
- "ARUTYUNYAN Migran - Olympic Wrestling | Armenia". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- "Thousands join a petition to restore justice for Mihran Harutyunyan unjustly deprived of gold medal". panorama.am. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- Арутюнян Мигран Эдикович. wrestrus.ru (in Russian). Russian Wrestling Federation. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- "Migran Arutyunyan: One of the most important features of human character is faith in God". armnoc.am. National Olympic Committee of Armenia. 12 November 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- "Միհրան Հարությունյան. Մեզ զրկել են մեր հայրենիքը պաշտպանելու իրավունքից (ֆոտո)". News.am (in Armenian). November 12, 2020. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
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