2025 European Armwrestling Championship: 30 Medals for Team Armenia

The 2025 European Armwrestling Championship took place from May 30 to June 9 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The tournament featured competitions for juniors, youth, adults, and para-athletes.

The official results are now available, allowing us to summarize Team Armenia’s performance. You can download the official report here.

Armenian athletes won 15 medals in Romania: 7 gold, 5 silver, and 3 bronze, finishing 9th in the overall medal standings.

Medalists representing Armenia:
Boys under 15:

• Gold — Sargis Movsisyan (65 kg, left arm)

• Silver — Sargis Movsisyan (65 kg, right arm)

• Silver — Davit Davtyan (55 kg, left arm)

• Silver — Sedrak Piroyan (50 kg, right arm)

• Bronze — Sedrak Piroyan (50 kg, left arm)

Boys under 18:

• Gold — Dorik Aydinyan (50 kg, left arm)

• Bronze — Dorik Aydinyan (50 kg, right arm)

U23 Youth:

• Gold — Arman Mrteyan (60 kg, left arm)

• Silver — Arman Mrteyan (60 kg, right arm)

• Gold — Rafik Kostanyan (70 kg, left arm)

• Gold — Mariam Sargsyan (65 kg, right arm)

Adults:

• Gold — Vachagan Ohanesyan (70 kg, left arm)

• Gold — Arman Hovhannisyan (80 kg, right arm)

• Silver — Emil Amirshadyan (70 kg, left arm)

• Bronze — Emil Amirshadyan (70 kg, right arm)

Armenian para-athletes also achieved outstanding success, winning 15 medals: 7 gold, 2 silver, and 6 bronze. In the para-armwrestling medal standings, Team Armenia placed an impressive 4th overall.

European champions from Armenia included Hero of Armenia Major Sargis Stepanyan, as well as Walter Harutyunyan (both arms), Naira Mesropyan (both arms), Gevorg Ambartsumyan, and Volodya Bazeyan.