Denis Mikolayovich Forov ( hy, Դենիս Ֆորով, born 3 December 1984) is a retired

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wrestler. He was on the

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national wrestling team as a cadet and the

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n national wrestling team as a junior. He became a Junior European CHampion in 2002 and a Junior World Champion in 2003. Forov won a silver medal at the 2006 European Wrestling Championships. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's Greco-Roman 84 kg division. Forov was a member of the Armenian Greco-Roman wrestling team at the 2010

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. The Armenian team came in third place.

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1984 births Living people People from Zhmerynka Armenian male sport wrestlers Ukrainian male sport wrestlers Russian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of Armenia Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics European Wrestling Championships medalists Kharkiv State College of Physical Culture 1 alumni Sportspeople from Vinnytsia Oblast {{Armenia-wrestling-bio-stub