Gold for Hovhannisyan, silver for Javadyan and bronze for Manukyan: 2026 Aksyonov Memorial results

Wrestlers of Armenian descent won three medals at the international Greco-Roman wrestling tournament held in memory of Alexander Aksyonov in Novosibirsk. Hrayr Hovhannisyan claimed gold, Papik Javadyan took silver, and Aghasi Manukyan earned bronze.

Representing the Novosibirsk Region, Hrayr Hovhannisyan won the 67 kg title. Dinislam Bammatov of Saint Petersburg finished second in the weight category.

Papik Javadyan, representing Krasnodar Krai, secured silver in the 60 kg category, which was won by Sadyk Lalaev of the Moscow Region.

Another medal went to Aghasi Manukyan of Krasnoyarsk Krai, who was among the bronze medallists in the 82 kg category.

The fifth international tournament in memory of Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Aksyonov took place on November 7–8. Medals were awarded across ten weight categories. The Russian Wrestling Federation published the results.

All medallists at the 2026 Aksyonov Memorial

55 kg

1. Mavlud Rizmanov (Rostov Region).

2. Alibek Amirov (Moscow Region).

3. Vitaly Kabaloev (Mordovia) and Dovudjon Toshev (Saint Petersburg).

60 kg

1. Sadyk Lalaev (Moscow Region).

2. Papik Javadyan (Krasnodar Krai).

3. Amirali Heydari (Iran) and Ilya Panyutin (Moscow).

63 kg

1. Zhambolat Lokyaev (Mordovia).

2. Baatyr Echeshev (Altai).

3. Salim Kazmakhov (Moscow Region) and Dordzhi Shungurtsikov (Moscow Region).

67 kg

1. Hrayr Hovhannisyan (Novosibirsk Region).

2. Dinislam Bammatov (Saint Petersburg).

3. Shokhin Kholnazarov (Tajikistan) and Muslim Isaev (Moscow Region).

72 kg

1. Iliya Alikhani (Iran).

2. Gadzhimurad Baitullaev (Moscow).

3. Mohammad Mohmadi (Iran) and Sergey Fedorov (Saint Petersburg).

77 kg

1. Zaur Beslekoev (Rostov Region).

2. Ismail Barakhoev (Sverdlovsk Region).

3. Sergey Stepanov (Novosibirsk Region) and Evgeny Baidusov (Nizhny Novgorod Region).

82 kg

1. Aues Gonibov (Krasnodar Krai).

2. Amir Saeidi Nava (Iran).

3. Aghasi Manukyan (Krasnoyarsk Krai) and Khamid Isaev (Chechen Republic).

87 kg

1. Alan Ostaev (Krasnodar Krai).

2. Ruslan Guseinov (Novosibirsk Region).

3. Abdurakhman Abdulkadyrov (Dagestan) and Alexander Danilov (Nizhny Novgorod Region).

97 kg

1. Ilya Ermolenko (Rostov Region).

2. Musa Evloev (Moscow).

3. Magomed Murtazaliev (Dagestan) and Saipula Gadzhimagomedov (Dagestan).

130 kg

1. Marat Kamparov (Moscow).

2. Alexander Melekhov (Novosibirsk Region).

3. Amiran Kardanov (Saint Petersburg) and Roman Kim (Kyrgyzstan).