Ara Abrahamian

Ara Abrahamian 2014

Ara Abrahamian ( Armenian Արա Աբրահամյան ; born July 27, 1975 in Leninakan ) is a Swedish wrestler of Armenian origin, two-time world champion and silver medalist at the 2004 Olympic Games . Abrahamian wrestles in the Greco-Roman style. The businessman from Stockholm is wrestling at Sparvägen Stockholm .

Ara Abrahamian began wrestling in 1985. In 1994 he took part in the European Championships of Espoirs, where he finished seventh. At the 1999 World Cup, he started for Sweden for the first time and finished seventh.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he caused a scandal. Dissatisfied with a jury decision in the semifinals, which he perceived as partial, he placed his medal in the middle of the ring after the bronze medal was handed over during the ongoing ceremony and left the hall. He then said “I think my loss in the semi-finals was totally unfair. The disputed rules show that the FILA does not act fairly. ”And“ I am not interested in this medal, I wanted gold ”and declared his retirement from active sport. As a result, the bronze medal was officially withdrawn from him by the IOC for his violation of the fair play rule and not reassigned.

successes

• 1998, 17th place , World Championships in Gävle , GR, up to 85 kg, after defeating Christos Katsaros, Greece and defeats against Marko Asell , Finland and Aljaksandr Sidarenka , Belarus
• 1999, 7th place , World Championships in Athens , GR, up to 76 kg, after victories over Paul Perez, Venezuela , David Manukjan , Ukraine , Evgeni Erofailow, Uzbekistan and a defeat against Tarieli Melelashvili , Georgia
• 2000, 6th place , EM in Moscow , GR, up to 76 kg, a. a. behind Vyacheslav Makarenko , Belarus and David Manukjan
• 2000, 6th place , OS in Sydney , GR, up to 76 kg, after victories over Levon Geghamjan , Armenia and Dimitros Avramis , Greece and defeats against Murat Kardanow , Russia and Jin Soo Kim , South Korea
• 2001, 2nd place , EM in Istanbul , GR, up to 76 kg, behind Alexei Mischin , Russia and in front of Nazmi Avluca , Turkey
• 2001, 1st place , WM in Patras , GR, up to 76 kg, after victories over Scott Seeley , Canada , Juri Witt , Uzbekistan, Odelis Herrero , Cuba , Sergios Solonikis , Greece and Alexei Mischin
• 2002, 2nd place , EM in Seinäjoki , GR, up to 84 kg, after victories over Tonis Naarits , Estonia , Attila Bátky , Slovakia , Sándor Bárdosi , Hungary and Vjatscheslaw Makarenko and a defeat against Hamza Yerlikaya , Turkey
• 2002, 1st place , World Championships in Moscow, GR, up to 84 kg, after victories over Valdas Sidlauskas , Lithuania , Mélonin Noumonvi , France , Hamza Yerlikaya, Levon Geghamjan , Georgia and Alexander Menschtschikow , Russia
• 2003, 2nd place , World Championships in Créteil , GR, up to 84 kg, after victories over Valdas Sidluskas, Mohamad Abd El Fatah , Egypt , Bojan Mijatov, Serbia-Montenegro , Hamza Yerlikaya and Fritz Aanes , Norway and a defeat against Gotcha Ziziaschwili , Israel
• 2004, silver medal , OS in Athens , GR, up to 84 kg, after victories over Shingo Matsumoto , Japan , Attil Batky, Janarbek Kenjajew , Kyrgyzstan and Hamza Yerlikaya and a defeat against Alexei Mishin
• 2006, 8th place , World Championships in Guangzhou , GR, up to 84 kg, after victories over Jure Kohar , Slovenia and Andrea Minguzzi , Italy and a defeat against Artur Michalkiewicz , Poland
• 2007, 5th place , World Championships in Baku , GR, up to 84 kg, after victories over Andrea Minguzzi, Artur Michalkiewicz, Alim Selimau , Belarus, Zoltán Fodor , Hungary and defeats against Alexei Mischin and Badri Chassaia , Georgia
• 2008, 3rd place , EM in Tampere , GR, up to 84 kg, after victories over Oleg Schokalow , Russia, Mélonin Noumonvi and Andrej Baranouski , Belarus and a defeat against Nazmi Avluca
• 2008, bronze medal (revoked) , OS in Beijing , GR, up to 84 kg, after victories over Kim Jung-sub , South Korea , Yunior Estrada , Cuba and Denis Forow , Armenia and a defeat against Andrea Minguzzi , the eventual winner from Italy

Web links

• Ara Abrahamian in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung : Abrahamian causes a scandal and resigns ( Memento from August 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), August 14, 2008
2. ↑ 08/14/2008: Wrestler Ara Abrahamian literally throws away his bronze medal in Beijing. watson.ch , August 14, 2016, accessed on April 21, 2018 .