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Maksim Manukyan (born 10 December 1987) is an Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman 85 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [1] [2]
Maksim Manukyan became world Greco-Roman wrestling champion (80 kg) after beating Belarusian Radik Koulin 5-0 at the World Wrestling Championship in Paris on 22 August 2017.
Manukyan European champion 2018 Russia, Kaspisk
| 3 matches | 3 wins | 0 losses |
| By knockout | 1 | 0 |
| By submission | 1 | 0 |
| By decision | 1 | 0 |
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
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| Win | 2–0 | Jeremy Fattorusso | Submission (guillotine choke) | Gladiator Challenge: Underground 2 | 2 October 2021 | 2 | 0:34 | Valley Center, California, United States | |
| Win | 1–0 | Joseph Keith | TKO (punches) | LXF 5 | 7 August 2021 | 1 | 1:46 | Commerce, California, United States | Welterweight debut. |
Rıza Kayaalp is a five time world champion and twelve time European champion Turkish wrestler competing in the 130 kg division of Greco-Roman wrestling. He won silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics and won bronze medals at the 2012 and 2020 Summer Olympics. He is a graduate of the Aksaray University Physical Education and Sports Academy and studies his master's degree at Bozok University.
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Wrestling has deep historical roots in Armenia. Wrestling was practiced in the Armenian Highlands since ancient times. Armenians have their own variant of the sport called Kokh. It was recorded that King Tiridates III of Armenia won the Ancient Olympic Games in wrestling in 281 AD. During the Soviet era, wrestling became one of the most practiced sports in Armenia and remained popular after Armenia's independence in 1991. Armenian athletes have been successful at international competitions in the last two decades. Many have become World and European champions, both in Greco-Roman and Freestyle wrestling. Over half of the fifteen Armenian Olympic medalists and the two gold medal winners have been wrestlers. The sport is overseen by the Wrestling Federation of Armenia.
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