Finals of the Christian Palusalu Memorial Wrestling Tournament

The 37th International Christian Palusalu Memorial Wrestling Tournament continues in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. On Saturday, February 8, the final bouts in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling will take place. The Armenian national team is one of the largest delegations at the tournament and has already achieved notable results.

FINALS (February 8)

Greco-Roman Wrestling

60 kg
Final: Suren Aghajanyan (Armenia) — Brian Santiago (Sweden)

63 kg
Final: Mayrbek Salimov (Poland) — Al-Bara Chopalaev (Estonia)
Armen Sukiasyan (Armenia) will compete for the bronze medal after losing in the semifinals to Mayrbek Salimov, 5:8.

67 kg
Final: Slavik Galstyan (Armenia) — Yurik Hoveyan (Armenia)

72 kg
Final: Gaspar Terteryan (Armenia) — Ashot Khachatryan (Armenia)
Gor Khachatryan (Armenia) lost to Gaspar Terteryan and will wrestle for bronze.

77 kg
Final: Malkhas Amoyan (Armenia) — Hugo Buff (Sweden)
Samvel Terteryan (Armenia) lost to Hugo Buff on the last action with a 2:2 score and will compete in the bronze medal bout.

82 kg
Final: Samvel Grigoryan (Armenia) — Luca Dariozzi (Italy)
Martik Petrosyan (Armenia) lost to Luca Dariozzi 0:8 and will fight for bronze.

87 kg
Final: Walter Latvala (Finland) — Frederik Mathiasen (Denmark)
Gevorg Tadevosyan (Armenia) lost in the semifinals to Walter Latvala 0:10 and will wrestle for bronze.

97 kg
Final: Hayk Khloyan (Armenia) — Ruben Gevorgyan (Armenia)
In the semifinals, Ruben Gevorgyan took revenge on Richard Karelsen with a 7:3 victory after losing to him the previous day.

130 kg
Final: Aramais Harutyunyan (Armenia) — Konsta Mäenpää (Finland)

Freestyle Wrestling

61 kg
The weight category is held in a round-robin format and will conclude tomorrow. The leaders are Mejlum Mejlumyan and Manvel Khndzrtsyan (Armenia).

65 kg
Final: Arsen Harutyunyan (Armenia) — Arman Musikian (Armenia)

70 kg
Round-robin format. Davit Margaryan (Armenia) leads with four victories.

74 kg
Round-robin format. Narek Harutyunyan (Armenia) also has four wins and is in first place.

79 kg
Final bout: Hrayr Alikhanyan (Armenia) — Hayk Papikyan (Armenia)

86 kg
Round-robin completed:
1st — Miko Elkkala (Finland)
2nd — Gabriele Nicollini (Italy)
3rd — Razmik Yepremyan (Armenia)

Razmik Yepremyan recorded two victories but withdrew from the third bout due to injury.

97 kg
Final: Knyaz Iboyan (Armenia) — Mushegh Mkrtchyan (Armenia)
Gurgen Simonyan (Armenia) lost his opening bout to Eemeli Ruusila (Finland), 2:4.

130 kg
Round-robin results:
1st — Khachatur Khachatryan (Armenia)
2nd — Michal Dubowski (Poland)
3rd — Mateusz Pudlowski (Poland)

Khachatur Khachatryan defeated both Polish wrestlers by 10:0.

About the Tournament

The Christian Palusalu Memorial Tournament is being held in Tallinn from February 6 to 9. Wrestlers from 14 countries are participating, including Armenia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Italy, Poland, and others.

According to the Estonian Wrestling Federation, the Armenian national team arrived with one of its strongest lineups. The team includes Olympic bronze medalist Malkhas Amoyan and four-time European champion Arsen Harutyunyan. For Armenian wrestlers, this tournament is the first international competition of 2026.

It should be recalled that on February 6, a Greco-Roman wrestling dual meet between the national teams of Armenia and Estonia took place as part of the tournament, with Armenia winning 6:1.