Edward Barsegjan

Edward Barsegjan (born July 15, 1980 in Echmiadzin , Armenian SSR , USSR ) is an Armenian-Polish wrestler . He was Vice European Champion 2009 in the Greco-Roman style in featherweight .

Career

Edward Barsegjan was born and raised in Armenia . He also started wrestling in Armenia in 1988. He specialized in the Greco-Roman style. In 1999 he started for Armenia at the European Junior Championships in Budapest and came in 10th place in bantamweight.

As a result of the strong competition in Armenia, such strong athletes as Vahan Juharjan , Karen Mnatsakanjan u. Artak Harutjunjan , he did not appear in international championships in the next few years.

Edward Barsegjan therefore went to Poland and was naturalized there. As a member of GKS "Cartusia" Kartuzy , he was Polish featherweight champion in 2005 ahead of Thomas Swierk . Also in 2008 he was Polish featherweight champion. He was only allowed to compete in international championships since 2008. His first start in such a championship was at the European Championships this year in Tampere . He came there with victories over Andrejs Zjatkovs from Latvia and Michal Radok from Slovakia and defeats against Jarkko Ala-Huikka from Finland a . Sebastien Hidalgo from France in 7th place. At the Olympic qualification tournament in Novi Sad , he finished third behind Sebastien Hidalgo and Andre Berge from Norway together with his former compatriot Karen Mnatsakanjan. But since only three wrestlers received a ticket for the Olympic Games in Beijing , he had to play a playoff against Mnatsakanjan, which he lost on points. Mnatsakanjan therefore received the Olympic ticket.

In 2009 Edward Barsegjan became Polish lightweight champion, but started at the European championship this year in Vilnius in featherweight. He was in excellent shape there and won with victories over Håkan Nyblom , Denmark , Ivo Angelow, Bulgaria a . Fuad Alijew from Azerbaijan a . a defeat against Olympic champion Islambek Albijew from Russia the European Championship silver medal . At the 2009 World Cup in Herning / Denmark he only managed to win one victory over Dimitri Alenski from Belarus, against Dilschod Aripow, Uzbekistan and Söner Sucu, Turkey, and thus finished 11th.

At the 2011 European Championships in Dortmund he was in good shape again. He won there featherweight over Davor Štefanek , Serbia, lost to Rewas Laschchi , Georgia, came in the consolation round to a victory over Sebastien Hidalgo, France, but missed the fight for the medals by another defeat against Eusebiu Diaconu from Romania. He finished 7th.

In 2012, Edward Barsegjan took 3rd place in the Polish featherweight championship. He also got the chance to qualify for the London 2012 Olympics at a tournament in Helsinki. But he only finished 21st in this tournament. In 2013 he was again Polish featherweight champion and was used at the World Championships in Budapest. He won there over Diego Ribeiro Romanelli from Brazil and Jose Rodriguez Orozco from Venezuela, then lost to Iwo Angelow from Bulgaria. Since this later became world champion, he was able to continue in the consolation round, in which he first came to a victory over the strong Serbian Kristijan Friis , but then lost in the fight for a world championship bronze medal against Woo Seung-jae from South Korea. He came in 5th place.

Edward Barsegjan is also well known in German wrestling circles, as he competed for several German Bundesliga clubs (KG Dewangen, SC Anger).

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
1999	10.	Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Budapest	Bantam	Winner: Parviz Kasimow, Ukraine ahead of Alexander Pischugin, Russia
2006	8th.	IT Avozmash Cup in Mariupol	feather	Winner: Alexei Wakulenko, Ukraine ahead of Dilschod Aripow, Uzbekistan
2007	2.	"Pytlasinksi" Memorial in Warsaw	feather	behind Håkan Nyblom , Denmark , in front of Mechty Saparow, Kazakhstan u. Yuruker Baki, Turkey
2008	3.	"Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs	feather	behind Nurbachyt Tengizbajew, Kazakhstan, in front of Yerbol Konyratow, Kazakhstan u. Marco Lara, USA
2008	5.	Golden Grand Prix in Szombathely	feather	behind before Štefanek , Serbia , Hamia Bavafa, Iran , Nukbachyt Tengizbajew u. Park Eun-chol, South Korea
2008	7th	EM in T amps	feather	with a win over Andrejs Zjatkovs, Latvia , a defeat against Jarkko Ala-Huikka , Finland , a win over Michal Radok, Slovakia and the like. a loss to Sebastien Hidalgo , France
2008	3.	Grand Prix of Germany in Dortmund	feather	behind Makoko Sasamoto, Japan a . Roberto Monzón , Cuba , together with Sebastian Möser , Germany
2009	5.	Golden Grand Prix in Szombathely	feather	after a defeat against Rowshan Bajramow , Azerbaijan , victories over Chad Vander u. Glenn Garrison, bde, USA a. a loss to Yasuyuki Tanioka, Japan
2009	2.	EM in Vilnius	feather	with victories over Hakan Nyblom, Ivo Angelow, Bulgaria a. Fuad Angelow, Azerbaijan a . a loss to Islambek Albiev , Russia
2009	10.	German Grand Prix in Dortmund	feather	Winner: Islambek Albijew, Russia ahead of Ilschad Rafutdinow, Uzbekistan
2009	11.	World Cup in Herning / Denmark	feather	after a loss to Dilschod Aripow, Uzbekistan, a victory over Dimitri Alenski, Belarus and a loss to Söner Sucu, Turkey
2011	3.	"Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs	feather	behind Joseph Samuel Bettermann and Chad Vandiver, both USA
2011	7th	EM in Dortmund	feather	after a win over Davor Stefanek, Serbia, a loss to Rewas Laschchi, Georgia, a win over Sebastien Hidalgo, France and a loss to Eusebiu Diaconu, Romania
2011	1.	Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid	feather	before Roman Amojan , Armenia, Rewas Laschchi and Stig Andre Berge , Norway
2011	22nd	World Cup in Istanbul	feather	after a win over Jansel Ramirez, Dominican Republic and a defeat against Həsən Əliyev , Azerbaijan
2012	5.	Dan Kolow & Nikola Petrow Memorial in Sofia	feather	Winner: Iwo Angelow ahead of Dawid Karecinski, Poland
2012	24.	EM in Belgrade	feather	after a loss to Artur Mkrtchjan, Armenia
2012	21st	Olympic qualification tournament in Helsinki	feather	Winner: Rewas Laschchi ahead of Stig Andre Berge
2013	1.	German Grand Prix in Dortmund	feather	before Dimitri Zimbaliuk, Ukraine, Jani Haapamäki, Finland and Maxim Koscharski, Belarus
2013	1.	"Wladyslaw-Pytlasinski" Memorial in Warsaw	feather	before Michal Tracz, Poland, Ibragim Labasanow, Russia and Taleh Mammadow, Azerbaijan
2013	5.	World Cup in Budapest	feather	after victories over Diego Ribeiro Romanelli, Brazil and Raiber Jose Rodriguez Orozco, Venezuela, a defeat against Iwo Angelow, a victory over Kristijan Friis, Serbia and a defeat against Woo Seung-jae, South Korea
2013	1.	Sportaccord Combat Games in St. Petersburg	feather	before Ibragim Labasanow
2014	8th.	"Ivan Poddubny" Memorial in Tyumen	up to 59 kg	Winner: Iwan Kujlakow ahead of Semjon Semjonow , both Russia
2014	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Paris	up to 59 kg	ahead of Yasin Ozay, France, Baglan Shakanadze, Kazakhstan and Lascha Gogitadze, Georgia

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• Feather weight, weight class up to 60 kg, lightweight, up to 66 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)
• WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship

Polish championships

year	space	Weight class
2005	1.	feather	before Thomas Swierk and Piotr Puchalski
2008	1.	feather	before Mariusz Łoś and Edgar Pogosjan
2009	1.	Light	before Przemylow Niedzwiecki and Maciej Szczepanik
2011	7th	feather
2012	3.	feather
2013	1.	feather

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Edward Barsegjan at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Website Profile of Edward Barsegjan