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Roman Amoyan
	Roman Amoyan in 2019
Personal information
Born	3 September 1983 (age 41); Yerevan, Armenia
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Greco-Roman
Club	Dynamo Yerevan
Coached by	Azis Amoyan
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
Representing Armenia
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championship
World Cup

Roman Amoyan [ɻɔmɑn ɑmɔjɑn] (Armenian: Ռոման Ամոյան; born 3 September 1983) is an Armenian retired Greco-Roman wrestler of Kurdish descent. He is an Olympic bronze medalist, three-time World Championships medalist, and two-time European Champion. Amoyan received the Honored Master of Sports of Armenia title in 2009.^[1]

Early life

Roman was born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR to Kurds–Yazidi parents. He started wrestling in 1995 and became a Junior World Champion in 2001 and a Junior European Champion in 2002. He is uncle of Malkhas Amoyan.^[2]

Career

Amoyan won the Olympic bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg. Amoyan was Armenia's first Olympic medalist in wrestling in 16 years.^[3]

He won a bronze medal in 2009 and a silver medal in 2010 at the World Wrestling Championships. Amoyan also won a gold medal in 2006 and three silver medals in 2003, 2005, and 2008 at the European Wrestling Championships.

Amoyan was a member of the Armenian Greco-Roman wrestling team at the 2010 Wrestling World Cup.^[4] The Armenian team came in third place. Amoyan personally won a gold medal.^[5]

In 2011, Amoyan was voted the Armenian Athlete of the Year. He had suffered a severe head injury early in the European Championships that year, but still bravely fought on, with a bloody wrapping on his head the whole time. Amoyan went on become a two-time European Champion despite the injury.^[6]

He failed to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[7] Amoyan won another bronze medal at the World Championships in 2013 and another silver at the European Championships in 2016.