Aram Sarkisovich Grigorian (, born 9 June 1998) is a

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competitor of

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origin. 2019 world sambo champion.

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bronze medalist. Honoured master of sport in sambo.

Background

Aram was born in

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that based near Moscow. He started sambo and judo at the age of five in «Sambo-70» club. His first coaches were 3 time sambo world champion Viktor Astakhov, world cup winner Dmitrii Kletskov, Soviet championships bronze medalist Rudolf Babayan and Vladimir Taktashev.

Career

Sambo

Girogrian has many achievements in sambo on national and international circuit. As a cadet athlete, he has a bronze medal at the European championships in Tallinn, Estonia. In 2 years later, he won Russian in

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and world championships in Limassol, Cyprus. In 2016, he won Russian junior championships and as the Russian national champion he competed at the world championships Bucharest, Romania. In the semi-finals, he was eliminated by Georgia's

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, but went on to wrestle back and win a bronze medal against Kanatbek Uulu Anarbek from Kyrgyzstan.In February 2018, he won Russian championships. In October 2018, he earned his first world gold medal at the world championships in Tbilisi, Georgia. In the final match, he over Zhasur Sodikov of Uzbekistan. During the 2019, he won the U23 Russian championships, senior Russian nationals, senior European cup and senior world championships in Seoul, South Korea. In 2020, he won the second gold medal at the U23 Russian championships and senior Russian championships bronze medal. A year later he again won a bronze medal at the senior national championships.

Judo

On 5 March, 2022, he competed at the European cup held in Prague, Czechia, where he took one of the bronze medals at 90 kg. That same year, he went on to place 3rd at the

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in Hangzhou, China.

Achievements

;Sambo *2012 Cadet European championships — 3rd. *2014 Cadet Russian championships — 1st. *2014 Cadet World championships — 1st. *2016, 2018 U20 Russian championships — 1st. *2016 U20 World championships — 3rd. *2018 U20 World championships — 1st. *2019, 2020 U23 Russian championships — 1st. *2019 Russian national championships — 1st. *2019 European cup — 1st. *2019 World championships — 1st. *2020, 2021 Russian national championships — 3rd. ;Judo *2022 European cup — 3rd. *2022 Asian Games — 3rd.

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* * * 1998 births Living people Russian male judoka Emirati male judoka Martial artists from Moscow 21st-century Russian sportsmen Judoka at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for the United Arab Emirates Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for the United Arab Emirates Asian Games bronze medalists in judo Judoka at the 2022 Asian Games {{UnitedArabEmirates-judo-bio-stub