Armenian Athletes Won 17 Medals in One Week at the European Championships and World Cup

The past week became one of the most successful for Armenian sports in 2026: Armenian representatives won 17 medals at the European Championships in wrestling and weightlifting, as well as at the Boxing World Cup. Young sambo athletes also added two more gold medals at the European Youth Championship in Serbia.

All Medals Won by Team Armenia During the Week

Greco-Roman Wrestling — 2026 European Championship

GOLD: Malkhas Amoyan (77 kg) — 5-time European champion
SILVER: Suren Agadzhanyan (60 kg)
BRONZE: Karen Aslanyan (63 kg)
BRONZE: Slavik Galstyan (67 kg)
BRONZE: Gaspar Terteryan (72 kg)

Freestyle Wrestling — 2026 European Championship

BRONZE: Manvel Khndzrtsyan (57 kg)
BRONZE: Arsen Harutyunyan (61 kg)
BRONZE: Vazgen Tevanyan (65 kg)

Weightlifting — 2026 European Championship

GOLD: Varazdat Lalayan (+110 kg) — 3-time European champion
GOLD: Garik Karapetyan (110 kg) — 3-time European champion
GOLD: Emma Poghosyan (86 kg)
SILVER: Garnik Cholakyan (60 kg)
SILVER: Gor Sahakyan (71 kg)
SILVER: Ara Aghanyan (94 kg)
SILVER: Alexandra Grigoryan (58 kg)
BRONZE: Martin Poghosyan (79 kg)

Boxing — 2026 World Cup

SILVER: Davit Chaloyan (+90 kg)

Greco-Roman Wrestling European Championship in Tirana

Tirana hosted the tournament where Team Armenia won five medals. The main hero was Malkhas Amoyan, who won the European Championship for the fifth consecutive time.

Debutant Suren Agadzhanyan claimed silver, while Karen Aslanyan, Slavik Galstyan, and Gaspar Terteryan won bronze medals. The team had chances for an even stronger result, but some bouts were accompanied by controversial refereeing decisions.

Freestyle Wrestling: Team Progress

At the 2026 European Freestyle Wrestling Championship in Tirana, Armenian athletes won three bronze medals and finished third in the team standings.

Compared with 2025, the team improved its result, rising from fifth place to third. At the same time, team leader Arman Andreasyan missed the tournament due to injury.

Weightlifting: Victory in the Team Standings

Batumi became one of the most successful tournaments of the week for Armenia. The men’s team finished first in the team standings, while the women’s team took third place.

Armenia also became the best team by the total number of medals, including both small and big medals:

9 gold
8 silver
7 bronze

Boxing: A Historic Medal

At the World Cup stage in Foz do Iguaçu, Team Armenia took part in a World Boxing tournament for the first time and immediately won a medal.

Davit Chaloyan reached the final and claimed silver. After the tournament, the Armenian Boxing Federation filed an official complaint with World Boxing over controversial refereeing decisions.

Other Tournaments

Other competitions involving Armenian athletes were also held in parallel.

The 2026 European Judo Championship took place in Tbilisi. Team Armenia was represented by five athletes, but they did not manage to win any medals.

The European Youth Sambo Championship was held in Serbia, where Armenian athletes won two gold medals.

Summary

The past week was one of the busiest and most successful for Armenian sports in 2026. Medals at the European Wrestling and Weightlifting Championships, silver at the Boxing World Cup, and gold at the European Youth Sambo Championship demonstrated the strong potential of Armenia’s national teams.

These results are especially important with Olympic qualification approaching. As early as the summer of 2026, the qualification stage will begin in judo; in autumn, in weightlifting; and from 2027, in wrestling. The situation in boxing is still unknown. For Armenian athletes, this means that a period lies ahead in which consistency, form, and health will be decisive.