ARSEN JULFALAKIAN BECOMES EUROPE CHAMPION

Noyan Tapan
Apr 6, 2009

VILNIUS, APRIL 6, NOYAN TAPAN. In the final of the Greco-Roman
Wrestling European Championship being held in Vilnius Arsen Julfalakian
performing in the 74 kg weight category beat Ukrainian Volodimir
Shatskikh with the score of 3 to 0 and became Europe champion. It
should be mentioned that in all of six fights the Armenian wrestler
was never beaten by his rivals.

Armenian national team’s three freestyle wrestlers had become
prize-winners before: Zhirayr Hovhannisian and Edgar Yenokian had
won bronze medals and Ruslan Basiyev a silver medal.