Arsen Julfalakyan

Arsen Julfalakyan

Arsen Julfalakjan ( Armenian Արսեն Ջուլֆալակյան ; born May 8, 1987 in Leninakan , Armenian SSR , USSR ) is an Armenian wrestler . He became European champion in 2009 , world champion in 2014 and won a silver medal in Greco-Roman style at the 2012 Olympic Games in London , both in the welterweight division .

Career

Arsen Dschulfalakjan started wrestling as a teenager in 1998. He belongs to a sports club in Yerevan and was or is trained by Aram Gasparjan and Samuel Geworkjan and, since joining the Armenian national team, by Armen Babalarjan. Arsen Dschulfalakjan is the son of Levon Dschulfalakjan , the Olympic lightweight champion in Greco-Roman. Style of Seoul 1988 and current vice-president of the Armenian Wrestling Federation, who also contributed a lot to his success as a coach.

Arsen Dschulfalakjan concentrates fully on the Greco-Roman style and grew from being lightweight (up to 66 kg body weight) to welter weight (up to 74 kg body weight). He was already extremely successful as a junior. In 2003 in Rostov and in 2004 in Albena he was respectively junior European champion and in 2007 in Beijing even junior world champion in Greco-Roman style in light and welterweight.

In 2007 it was also used for the first time in an international championship among seniors. He started at the European Welterweight Championship in Sofia . He won victories over such renowned wrestlers as Seref Tüfenk from Turkey and Mark Overgaard Madsen , the 2005 vice world champion from Denmark . But he had to accept defeats from Manuchar K Wirkwelia from Georgia and Valdemars Venckaitis from Lithuania , which put him in 5th place. At the world championship of the same year in Baku he managed a victory over Oleg Mikhailovich from Belarus. Against the experienced Marko Yli-Hannuksela from Finland he suffered a defeat in his second fight and finished in 21st place in the final result.

In 2008 he tried for the Olympic Games in Beijing to qualify. He first finished in a qualifying tournament in Ostia near Rome, the 14th place, which is not sufficient for participation in Beijing. Literally in the last second, he was able to qualify because he took 3rd place in the last qualifying tournament for the games in Novi Sad behind Volodymyr Schazkych from Ukraine and Aljaksandr Kikinjou from Belarus , who was able to participate in the wrestling tournament at the Olympic Games in Beijing eligible.

In Beijing he succeeded in welterweight in his first fight a point victory over Wolodymyr Schazkych. In the next fight he lost against the reigning European champion Péter Bácsi from Hungary very narrowly on points (1: 2 rounds, 6: 8 technical points) and, since Bácsi did not reach the final, had to retire without being able to continue fighting in the consolation round . He finished 10th.

In the spring of 2009 he started, much improved, at the European Championships in Vilnius , where he became the new European welterweight champion with victories over Neven Zugaj from Croatia , Adam Juretzko from Germany , Alexanders Visnakovs, Lithuania , Aljaksandr Kikinjou and Wolodymyr Schazkych . At the World Championships this year in Herning / Denmark he first won over Robert Rosengren from Sweden, but then lost to the experienced Olympic third party Christophe Guénot from France, which meant he was eliminated and only came in 15th place.

In 2010 he only competed at the World Cup in Moscow. There he was very successful and became vice world champion. On the way to this great success he defeated Francisco Barrio, Argentina, Jure Kuhar, Slovenia, Daniar Kobonow, Kyrgyzstan and Takehiro Kanakubo, Japan. In the final he lost to Selçuk Çebi from Turkey. In 2011 Arsen Dschulfalakjan reached 5th place at the European welterweight championships in Dortmund. Decisive for this were defeats against Péter Bácsi , Hungary and in the consolation round against Roman Vlasov from Russia. At the 2011 World Cup in Istanbul he won another medal, the bronze one. He defeated there u. a. Wolodymyr Schazkych, then lost to Selcuk Cebi and then needed three victories over strong opponents to win the bronze medal. Winning the bronze medal also earned him the right to start the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Before these games, he won another bronze medal at the European Championships in Belgrade in March 2012. He lost there again against the outstanding Roman Vlasov and then won in the consolation round over Meraldo Ndoka, Albania, Seref Tüfenk , Turkey and Dimitri Pyschkow from Ukraine. In London he won over Daniar Kobonow, Aljaksandr Kikinjou, Belarus and Emin Akhmedov from Azerbaijan. In the final he was defeated by Roman Wlassow in two rounds. But winning the Olympic silver medal is a great success for him.

From the 2009/10 season, Arsen Dschulfalakjan wrestles in the German wrestling league for KSV Aalen , with whom he also became German team champion. In the final round of the German team championship 2012 he defeated u. a. also Tamas Lörincz , the silver medalist from the 2012 Olympic Games in London in the lightweight category.

In 2013 he took part in two major international events. In July 2013 he won a bronze medal at the Universiade in Kazan behind Roman Vlasov and Hadi Alireza Pournia from Iran. He won the same medal at the World Championships in Budapest. He defeated Florian Marchl, Austria, then lost to Roman Wlassow and defeated in the consolation round Alvis Albino Alendra Jimenez from Panama, Esengeldi Kochubek, Kyrgyzstan and Mark Overgaard Madsen, Denmark.

In April 2014, Arsen Dschulfalakjan was also able to fully convince at the European Championships in Vantaa / Finland. In the new weight category up to 75 kg, he defeated Neven Zugaj , Serbia, Florian Marchl, Austria, Robert Rosengren, Sweden and Mark Overgaard Madsen. In the final, against Alexander Czechirkin from Russia was narrowly and controversially defeated on points. At the 2014 World Cup in Tashkent, he achieved his greatest success of his career so far. There he was world champion with victories over Elwin Mursalijew, Azerbaijan, Florian Marchl, Austria, Juan Escobar, Mexico, Zurab Datunaschwili, Georgia and Neven Zugaj, Croatia.

He was unable to defend this title at the 2015 World Cup in Las Vegas. He lost his first fight against Roman Vlasov on points there in the same weight class as in 2014. But he was able to continue in the consolation round and defeated Petr Novak from Czechoslovakia and Peter Bacsi from Hungary before losing to Doschan Kartikow from Kazakhstan, which he eliminated and finished in 9th place. Arsen Dschulfalakjan did not start at the 1st European Games in Baku in 2015.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
2002	6th	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Odessa	Light	Winner: Tamerlan Tschaschunow, Russia ahead of Turgay Husseinow, Azerbaijan
2003	1.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Rostov	Light	before Sergei Pokrischka, Ukraine , Turgay Husseinow, Ewgeni Popow , Russia and Jan Fischer , Germany
2004	1.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Albena	Light	before Dimitri Arabadschi, Ukraine, Alexander Kishchin, Russia a. Maksim Zhizanov, Belarus
2005	2.	Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Wroclaw	Welter	behind Georgi Popkadse, Russia, in front of Christoffer Ljungbeck, Sweden
2005	1.	Henri Deglane Memorial in Nice	Welter	before Andre Demaukin, Russia, Cedric Lafoir u. Christophe Guénot , both France
2006	3.	Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Szombathely	Welter	behind Dimitri Pischkow, Belarus a. Mehmet Ümit Bedel, Turkey , before Mihajlo Bajlovic, Serbia a . Jonas Nyberg, Sweden
2006	27.	Junior World Championships in Guatemala City	Welter	after a loss to Evgeny Popov
2007	1.	Tournament in Mariupol	Welter
2007	5.	EM in Sofia	Welter	with victories over Seref Tüfenk , Turkey, Sergios Solonikis, Greece a . Mark Overgaard Madsen , Denmark a . Defeats against Manuchar K Wirkwelia , Georgia a . Valdemars Venckaitis , Lithuania
2007	1.	Junior World Championships in Beijing	Welter	with victories over Dimitri Arabadschi, Ukraine, Adel Bazi Tabar, Iran , Magomed Aschchabow, Russia a. Elvin Murtasalijew, Azerbaijan
2007	21st	World Cup in Baku	Welter	with a victory over Oleg Michailowitsch, Belarus and a defeat against Marko Yli-Hannuksela , Finland
2008	14th	Olympic qualification tournament in Ostia	Welter	Winner: Manuchar K Wirkwelia ahead of Ilgar Abdulow , Azerbaijan a. Warteres Samurgaschew , Russia
2008	3.	Olympic qualification tournament in Novi Sad	Welter	behind Wolodymyr Schazkych , Ukraine a. Aljaksandr Kikinjou , Belarus, together with Mojtaba Babajanzadeh, Iran
2008	1.	Slovenian Grand Prix	Welter	before Neven Zugaj, Croatia , Zoltan Lakatos u. Csaba Modos, both Hungarians
2008	10.	OS in Beijing	Welter	with a victory over Volodymyr Schazkych u. a loss to Péter Bácsi , Hungary
2009	3.	World Cup in Clermont-Ferrand	Welter	behind Alain Hassli, France a. Rafik Husseinow, Azerbaijan
2009	1.	EM in Vilnius	Welter	with victories over Neven Zugaj, Adam Juretzko , Germany, Alexanders Visnakovs, Estonia, Aljaksandr Kikinjou u. Volodymyr Shazkych
2009	15th	World Cup in Herning / Denmark	Welter	after a win over Robert Rosengren, Sweden and a loss to Christophe Guénot, France
2010	1.	World Cup in Yerevan	Welter	before Mayli Paul Consuegra Panfe, Cuba, Renato Kun, Hungary and Seref Tüfenk, Turkey
2010	2.	World Cup in Moscow	Welter	after victories over Francisco Barrio, Argentina, Jure Kuhar, Slovenia, Daniar Kobonow, Kyrgyzstan and Takehiro Kanakubo, Japan and a defeat against Selcuk Cebi, Turkey
2011	3.	Grand Prix of Slovenia in Murska Sobota	Welter	behind Kong Nae-koo, South Korea and Petr Novak, Czech Republic
2011	5.	EM in Dortmund	Welter	after a victory over Aleksander Dzemyanowitsch, Belarus, a defeat against Peter Bacsi, Hungary, victories over Miroslaw Dykun, Great Britain and Henri Esko Välimäki, Finland and a defeat against Roman Vlasov, Russia
2011	8th.	Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid	Welter	Winner: Alexander Czechirkin, Russia ahead of Julian Kwit, Poland
2011	3.	World Cup in Istanbul	Welter	after victories over Saverio Scaramuzzi, Italy and Volodymyr Schazkych, Ukraine, a defeat against Selcuk Cebi and victories over Jure Kuhar, Petros Manoulidis, Greece and Aschkat Dilmuchamedow, Kazakhstan
2012	3.	EM in Belgrade	Welter	after a victory over Jonas Bossert, Switzerland, a defeat against Roman Wlassow and victories over Meraldo Ndoka, Albania, Seref Tüfenk and Dimitri Pyschkow, Ukraine
2012	3.	Trophee Milone in Sassari	Welter	behind Anton Chemenko, Russia and Kim Hyun-woo, South Korea
2012	silver	OS in London	Welter	after victories over Daniar Kobonow , Kyrgyzstan, Aljaksandr Kikinjou, Belarus and Emin Akhmadov , Azerbaijan and a defeat against Roman Vlasov
2013	1.	Trophee Milone in Sassari	Welter	before Emrah Kus , Turkey, Abdelkrim Ouakali, Algeria and Seref Tüfenk
2013	3.	Universiade in Kazan	Welter	behind Roman Wlassow and Hadi Alireza Pournia, Iran
2013	3.	World Cup in Budapest	Welter	after a victory over Florian Marchl, Austria, a defeat against Roman Wlassow and victories over Alvis Albino Almendra Jimenez, Panama, Esengeldi Kochubek Uulu, Kyrgyzstan and Mark Overgaard Madsen, Denmark
2014	1.	Dan Kolow & Nikola Petrow Memorial in Sofia	up to 75 kg	before Ilian Georgiew, Bulgaria, Karapat Chaljan, Armenia and Nikolai Daragan, Ukraine
2014	2.	EM in Vantaa / Finland	up to 75 kg	after victories over Neven Zugaj, Florian Marchl, Robert Rosengren, Sweden and Mark Overgaard Madsen and a defeat against Alexander Czechirkin, Russia
2014	1.	Trophee Milone in Sassari	up to 75 kg	before Petros Manoulidis, Greece, Ciro Russo and Giacomo Giuffrida, both Italy
2014	1.	German Grand Prix in Dortmund	up to 75 kg	in front of Seref Tüfenk, Turkey, Valeri Palenski, Belarus and Jan Rotter, Germany
2014	1.	World Cup in Tashkent	up to 75 kg	after victories over Elwin Mursalijew, Azerbaijan, Florian Marchl, Austria, Juan Escobar, Mexico, Zurab Datunaschwili , Georgia and Neven Zugaj
2015	1.	Dan Kolow & Nikola Petrow tournament in Sofia	up to 75 kg	before Ilian Georgiev, Karapet Chaljan and Jawor Janakiew, Bulgaria
2015	2.	Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid	up to 75 kg	behind Kim Hyeon-woo , South Korea, in front of Seref Tüfenk and Nikolai Daragan
2015	9.	World Cup in Las Vegas	up to 75 kg	after a defeat against Roman Vlasov, victories over Petr Novak, Czech Republic and Peter Bacsi, Hungary and a defeat against Doschan Kartikow, Kazakhstan
2016	1.	Vehbi Emre% Hamit Kaplan tournament in Istanbul	up to 75 kg	in front of Mindia Sukulidze, Georgia, Osman Köse, Turkey and Kazbek Kilow, Belarus

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Lightweight, weight class up to 66 kg, welter weight, up to 74 kg body weight (until December 31, 2013; since January 1, 2014, a new weight class classification has been in effect by the world wrestling association FILA)

swell

• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig,
• Trade journal Der Ringer ,
• US and French Wrestling Federation websites

Web links

• Profile of Arsen Dschulfalakjan at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Arsen Dschulfalakjan in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )