Samvel Harutyunyan

Biographical information

RolesReferee
SexMale
Full nameSamvel•Harutyunyan
Used nameSamvel•Harutyunyan
Original nameՍամվել•Հարությունյան
Born15 May 1956
DiedJanuary 2022
NOC Armenia

Biography

Highly regarded and honoured in Armenia Samvel Harutyunyan was an international wrestling referee. Harutyunyan worked hard with personal trainers, coaches, and wrestlers, ensuring that they had a better understanding of the rules of the sport. Part of his work involved translating the rules that were set out by FILA (Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées) and distributing them throughout Armenia. Harutyunyan officiated at European and world wrestling championships as well as the Olympics in 2008 in Beijing and 2012 in London.

Referee

Games Sport (Discipline) / Event NOC / Team Phase Unit Role As
2012 Summer Olympics Wrestling ARM Samvel Harutyunyan
Featherweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Repêchage Final Péter Módos — Håkan Nyblom Judge
Lightweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Final Round Omid Norouzi — Revaz Lashkhi Judge
Lightweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Round Two Zaur Kuramagomedov — Tarek Aziz Benaissa Referee
Lightweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Round One Ivo Angelov — Ellis Coleman Judge
Welterweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Round Two Justin Lester — Tsutomu Fujimura Judge
Middleweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Round One Neven Žugaj — Islam Tolba Judge
Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Quarter-Finals Yunior Estrada — Hassine Ayari Referee
Super-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) Repêchage Round Two Guram Pherselidze — Abdelrahman El-Trabily Judge
Featherweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Quarter-Finals Daulet Niyazbekov — Ahmet Peker Referee
Featherweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Round Two Yang Kyong-Il — Dilshod Mansurov Referee
Lightweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Quarter-Finals Coleman Scott — Malkhaz Zarkua Judge
Lightweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Round One Yogeshwar Dutt — Anatoliy Guydya Referee
Welterweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) Round One Liván López — Mehdi Taghavi Judge
Flyweight, Freestyle, Women (Olympic) Round One Clarissa Chun — Zhao Shasha Referee
Lightweight, Freestyle, Women (Olympic) Round Two Lissette Antes — Olga Butkevych Judge
Middleweight, Freestyle, Women (Olympic) Round Two Anastasija Grigorjeva — Elena Pirozhkova Judge
Heavyweight, Freestyle, Women (Olympic) Repêchage Final Gyuzel Manyurova — Wang Jiao Judge