Roman Amoyan

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| sport = Wrestling

| event = Greco-Roman

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Roman Amoyan ({{langx|hy|Ռոման Ամոյան}}; born 3 September 1983) is an Armenian retired Greco-Roman wrestler of Kurdish descent. He is an Olympic bronze medalist, three-time World Championships medalist, and two-time European Champion. Amoyan received the Honored Master of Sports of Armenia title in 2009.{{cite web|script-title=ru:ПОДВЕДЕНЫ ИТОГИ ГОДА|url=http://www.ra.am/?num=2009122318#2009122318|publisher=www.ra.am|access-date=18 January 2013|language=ru}}

Early life

Roman was born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR to Kurds–Yazidi parents. He started wrestling in 1995 and became a Junior World Champion in 2001 and a Junior European Champion in 2002. He is uncle of Malkhas Amoyan.{{Cite web |title=Malkhas Amoyan wins gold at World Wrestling Championship |url=https://www.ezidipress.com/en/malkhas-amoyan-wins-gold-at-world-wrestling-championship/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |website=Ezidi Press|date=9 October 2021 }}

Career

Amoyan won the Olympic bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg. Amoyan was Armenia's first Olympic medalist in wrestling in 16 years.{{cite web|title=ARMENIANS in OLYMPICS 2008 (Fall 2008)|date=30 December 2008 |url=http://thearmenianchronicles.blogspot.com/2008/12/armenians-in-olympics-2008-fall-2008.html|publisher=thearmenianchronicles.blogspot.com|access-date=11 January 2013}}

He won a bronze medal in 2009 and a silver medal in 2010 at the World Wrestling Championships. Amoyan also won a gold medal in 2006 and three silver medals in 2003, 2005, and 2008 at the European Wrestling Championships.

Amoyan was a member of the Armenian Greco-Roman wrestling team at the 2010 Wrestling World Cup.{{cite web|title=2010 FILA World Cup Results|url=http://www.fila-official.com/images/FILA/resultats/2010/results_02_yerevan_gr.pdf|publisher=www.fila-official.com|access-date=11 January 2013}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The Armenian team came in third place. Amoyan personally won a gold medal.{{cite web|title=World Cup, Greco-Roman Seniors, 2010-02-13 Yerevan (ARM)|url=http://www.fila-official.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=768&Itemid=100236&lang=en|publisher=www.fila-official.com|access-date=11 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009162013/http://fila-official.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=768&Itemid=100236&lang=en|archive-date=9 October 2011}}

In 2011, Amoyan was voted the Armenian Athlete of the Year. He had suffered a severe head injury early in the European Championships that year, but still bravely fought on, with a bloody wrapping on his head the whole time. Amoyan went on become a two-time European Champion despite the injury.{{cite web|title=Greco-Roman Wrestler Roman Amoyan Voted Armenia's Athlete of the Year|url=http://massispost.com/archives/5209|publisher=massispost.com|access-date=11 January 2013}}

He failed to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|script-title=hy:Հայաստանի լավագույն մարզիկը չի մասնակցի օլիմպիական խաղերին|url=http://www.slaq.am/arm/news/58889/|publisher=www.slaq.am|access-date=11 January 2013|language=hy}} Amoyan won another bronze medal at the World Championships in 2013 and another silver at the European Championships in 2016.

Personal life

Amoyan is married. His wife is a doctor. They have a daughter.{{cite web|script-title=hy:Ռոման Ամոյան. Ըմբշամարտը, ծանրամարտը, ձյուդոն, բռնցքամարտը վայել չեն հայ կնոջը|url=http://sport.news.am/arm/news/20586/roman-amoyan-ymbshamarty-tsanramarty-dzyudon-brncqamarty-vayel-chen-hay-knojy.html|publisher=sport.news.am|access-date=14 March 2013|language=hy}}