Malkhas Amoyan (born 22 January 1999) is an Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal in the men's 72kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway, and earned his second gold medal at the 2025 World Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia. He has also won the gold medal in the men's 77 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships consecutively for the years 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026.
Career
In 2020, Amoyan won the silver medal in the 72kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.
Amoyan won the gold medal in the 72kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway. In 2021, he also won the silver medal in the 72kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.
Amoyan won the gold medal in the 77kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. He won one of the bronze medals in the 77kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. Amoyan also won one of the bronze medals in the 77kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.
He won the gold medal in the 77kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania. In the final, he defeated Yunus Emre Başar of Turkey. He won one of the bronze medals in the 77kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Personal life Malkhas was born in Yerevan, Armenia to Yazidi parents. His uncle Roman Amoyan is a retired competitive wrestler.
Achievements
YearTournamentLocationResultEvent 2021European ChampionshipsWarsaw, Poland 2ndGreco-Roman 72kgWorld ChampionshipsOslo, Norway 1stGreco-Roman 72kg 2022European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary 1stGreco-Roman 77kgWorld ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia 3rdGreco-Roman 77kg 2023European ChampionshipsZagreb, Croatia 1stGreco-Roman 77kgWorld ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia 3rdGreco-Roman 77kg 2024European ChampionshipsBucharest, Romania 1stGreco-Roman 77kgSummer OlympicsParis, France 3rdGreco-Roman 77kg 2025European ChampionshipsBratislava, Slovakia 1stGreco-Roman 77kgWorld ChampionshipsZagreb, Croatia 1stGreco-Roman 77kg 2026European ChampionshipsTirana, Albania 1stGreco-Roman 77kg
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