Top ten Armenian athletes of the year named

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21.12.2021, 19:39

Head coaches of Armenian national teams and sports journalists have named the best ten athletes of the year:

Top ten Armenian athletes of the year named

YEREVAN, December 21. /ARKA/. Head coaches of Armenian national teams and sports journalists have named the best ten athletes of the year:

The list includes:

Artur Alexanyan - Greco-Roman wrestling (silver medalist of the Tokyo Games)

Malkhas Amoyan - Greco-Roman wrestling (world and European U23 champion)

Hovhannes Bachkov - boxing (World Championship bronze medalist)

Elina Danielyan - chess (European Individual Championship winner)

Artur Davtyan - artistic gymnastics (bronze medalist of the Tokyo Games)

Varazdat Lalayan - weightlifting (European U23 champion)

Arsen Harutyunyan - freestyle wrestling (World Championship bronze medalist)

Simon Martirosyan - weightlifting (silver medalist of the Tokyo Games)

Gor Minasyan - weightlifting (silver medalist of the World Championship)

David Chaloyan - boxing (silver medalist of the World Championship)

Malkhas Amoyan, European U23 and world champion in 72kg weight category was declared the winner in the "People's Choice" nomination according to the SMS-voting.

Armenian athletes have won 199 medals in various tournaments and championships in 2021.

The prize fund of the competition is 50 million drams (more than $50 thousand). Each athlete, included in the top ten, will get AMD 4 million, and AMD 1 million will be allocated to the members of their coaching staffs. Some 7704 people took part in voting. --0--

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