Greco-Roman wrestler, Olympic Champion (2016) and bronze medalist (2012), a three-time World Champion (2014, 2015, 2017), and a three-time European Champion (2012, 2013, 2014)
Artur Aleksanyan was named Armenia’s best athlete of 2017, according to a vote by the Republican Federation of Sports Journalists of Armenia.

As the Federation reported in a statement, in 2017, the 26-year-old secured his third gold medal at the World Championship and a bronze medal of the European Championship.

Aleksanyan secured 200 points based on the vote by 21 reporters, securing the first spot, thus winning the award for the third consecutive year.

Other Armenian athletes who made it to the top 10 are Greco-Roman wrestler, World champion Mihran Harutyunyan, the leader of the Armenian chess team GM Levon Aronian, who won the FIDE World Cup 2017, weightlifter Simon Martirosyan, Boxer Hovhannes Bachkov, weightlifter Hovhannes Minasyan, sambo fighter Tigran Kirakosyan, skier Sergey Mikayelyan, gymnast Artur Tovmasyan, and weightlifter Andranik Karapetyan.

To note, in total 25 Armenian athletes were contending for this’s year award, Armenia’s leading football player, Manchester United midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan among them.