# Arsen Harutyunyan (wrestler)

Arsen Karen Harutyunyan (Armenian: Արսեն Կարենի Հարությունյան; born 22 November 1999) is an Armenian freestyle wrestler.
In 2018, Harutyunyan won his first senior national championship in Armenia and was the representative at 61 kg at the 2019 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania. Harutyunyan defeated Georgian wrestler Beka Lomtadze in the finals by a score of 17–11, and captured his first senior European Championship gold, as well as his first international medal at senior level.
He represented Armenia at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's 57 kg event. European champion in 2022 in the weight category up to 61 kg, bronze medalist of the World Championships in 2021 and 2022 in the weight category up to 61 kg, world champion in 2021 and 2022 under 23 in the weight category up to 61 kg. The wrestler represents Armenia, but also competes in the German Bundesliga.

## Career

Harutyunyan was born on November 23, 1999, in Masis. It was there that he began to take his first steps in wrestling, under the guidance of coach Artur Martoyan. Currently, he trains at the Yerevan State Sports College of the Olympic Reserve under the guidance of personal trainer Arshak Hayrapetyan. In August 2018, at the European Youth Championship held in Rome, Harutyunyan, in the weight category up to 57 kg, in the final with a score of 11:6, defeated Ukrainian Andriy Jelep. After that, he signed a contract with the Ispringen club, which presents the German Bundesliga and soon made his debut in the adult tournament, too. Harutyunyan's Bundesliga debut was a success. He won victories there in his first 4 fights, including over famous athletes. In September of the same year, in the Slovak city of Trnava, where the World Youth Freestyle Wrestling Championship was held, Harutyunyan, in the weight category up to 57 kg, in a duel for the bronze medal, defeated South Korean Hyonsu Cho with a score of 16:4. In December 2018, Harutyunyan became the champion of Armenia, showing that he has serious chances to become one of the leaders in the Armenia national team. In 2019, he became the European champion in the weight category up to 61 kg. In February 2020, at the Continental Championships in the Italian capital, in the weight category up to 61 kg, Arsen overcame an athlete from Greece Georgios Pilidis in a fight for the bronze medal and won the bronze medal of the European championship. In 2021, at the World Championships, which took place in October in the Oslo, he became a bronze medalist in the weight category up to 61 kg. In the semifinals, he lost to American wrestler Daton Fix. Harutyunyan is the eldest of five children in the family. His younger brother is also engaged in freestyle wrestling, being a member of the Armenia youth national team. Arsen was elected one of the 10 best athletes of Armenia in 2021 by the results of a vote of sports journalists and head coaches of national teams.

### Achievements

* Champion of the 2015 Armenian Youth Championship in the weight category up to 46 kg
* Champion of the 2015 European Youth Championship in the weight category up to 46 kg
* Champion of the 2016 Armenian Youth Championship in the weight category up to 54 kg
* Silver medalist of the 2016 European Youth Championship in the weight category up to 54 kg
* Champion of the 2017 Armenian Youth Championship in the weight category up to 55 kg
* Bronze medalist of the 2017 European Youth Championship in the weight category up to 55 kg
* Bronze medalist of the 2017 Junior World Championship in the weight category up to 55 kg
* Champion of the 2018 Armenian Youth Championship in the weight category up to 57 kg
* Champion of the 2018 European Youth Championship in the weight category up to 57 kg
* Bronze medalist of the 2018 World Youth Championship in the weight category up to 57 kg
* Champion of Armenia in 2018 in the weight category up to 61 kg
* Winner of the 2019 European Championship in the weight category up to 61 kg
* Silver medalist of the 2020 Individual World Cup in the weight category up to 57 kg
* Champion of Armenia in 2020 in the weight category up to 57 kg
* Bronze medalist of the European Championship 2020 in the weight category up to 61 kg
* Bronze medalist of the 2021 World Championship in the weight category up to 61 kg
* Winner of the Olympic Qualification Tournament for Men's 2021 in the weight category up to 57 kg
* Winner of the U23 World Championship in 2021 in the weight category up to 61 kg
* Winner of the U23 World Championship in 2022 in the weight category up to 61 kg
* Bronze medalist of the 2022 World Championship men's in the weight category up to 61 kg
* Gold medalist of the 2022 European Wrestling Championships Men's Freestyle in the weight category up to 61kg kg

## Education

From 2018-2021 he studied and graduated from the Coaching and Pedagogical Faculty of the Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture and Sport with a red diploma. Later, from 2021–2023, he studied and graduated from the gymnastics department with a red diploma and received a master's degree.

## Personal life

In October 2022 Harutyunyan married Diana Adibekyan.