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| name             = Mkhitar Manukyan
| image            = Mkhitar Manukyan vs Oscar Wood Athens 2004.jpg
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| caption          = Manukyan at the 2004 Olympics
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| nationality      = [[Armenia]]n
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| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1973|09|20}}
| birth_place      = [[Gyumri]], [[Armenia]]<ref name=sr>[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/mkhitar-manukyan-1.html Mkhitar Manukyan]. Sports-Reference.com</ref>
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| weight           = {{convert|63|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| country          = Armenia<br />Kazakhstan
| sport            = [[Wrestling]]
| event            = [[Greco-Roman wrestling|Greco-Roman]]
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| club             = Daulet, Alma-Ata<ref name=sr/>
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{{MedalCompetition|[[World Wrestling Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1995 World Wrestling Championships|1995 Praha]]|62&nbsp;kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Wrestling Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1996 European Wrestling Championships|1996 Budapest]]|62&nbsp;kg}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Wrestling at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg|66&nbsp;kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Wrestling World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1998 World Wrestling Championships|1998 Evle]]|62&nbsp;kg}}
{{MedalGold|[[1999 World Wrestling Championships|1999 Athens]]|62&nbsp;kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Wrestling Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1997 Asian Wrestling Championships|1997 Tehran]]|63&nbsp;kg}}
{{MedalGold|[[1999 Asian Wrestling Championships|1999 Tashkent]]|63&nbsp;kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Wrestling World Cup|World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|2003 [[Almaty]]|66&nbsp;kg}}
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'''Mkhitar Manukyan''' ({{lang-hy|Մխիթար Մանուկյան}}, born 20 September 1973) is a retired [[Armenia]]n-[[Kazakhs|Kazakh]] [[Greco-Roman wrestling|Greco-Roman]] wrestler. He competed at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 2004. He also won a world title in 1998 and 1999 and an Asian title in 1997 and 1999.<ref name=sr/>

==Biography==
Mkhitar Manukyan was born 20 September 1973 in [[Leninakan]] (now [[Gyumri]]), [[Armenia]]. He took up Greco-Roman wrestling at the age of ten. Manukyan lost both of his parents and a sister in the [[1988 Spitak earthquake]]. According to him, this tragedy helped him in wrestling. He became a junior world champion twice in 1990 and 1991. From 1993 to 1996, Manukyan was a member of the Armenia national Greco-Roman wrestling team. He won bronze medals at the [[1995 World Wrestling Championships]] and [[1996 European Wrestling Championships]]. Manukyan participated at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in Atlanta, together with his brothers [[Aghasi Manukyan|Aghasi]] and [[Samvel Manukyan|Samvel]].<ref name="MMAL">{{cite web|script-title=ru:Мхитар Манукян – о жизни|url=http://borqba.narod.ru/htm-sport/mhitar-zh.htm|publisher=borqba.narod.ru|accessdate=12 February 2013|language=ru}}</ref>

In 1997, Manukyan received an invitation from the Greco-Roman wrestling head coach of Kazakhstan, [[Daulet Turlykhanov]], and moved to [[Almaty]] and continued to compete under the flag of Kazakhstan. In the same year, Manukyan won a gold medal at the [[1997 Asian Wrestling Championships]]. He later won a gold medal at the [[1998 World Wrestling Championships]]. In 1999, Manukyan became a two-time Asian and two-time World Champion at the [[1999 Asian Wrestling Championships]] and [[1999 World Wrestling Championships]]. Manukyan was recognized as the best fighter of the year for 1999 by the [[International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles]]. He was one of the medal favorites for the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in Sydney, but in the preliminary stage of the competition, he lost to [[Juan Marén]] and came in seventh place.<ref name=sr/>

In January 2001, Manukyan underwent a complex surgery on the [[cervical vertebrae]] due to a serious back injury, and could not recover to his previous level. Yet he was selected for the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] and won a bronze medal. In the semifinal, he suffered his only loss to [[Seref Eroglu]], while leading 3–2, and then defeated [[Jimmy Samuelsson]].<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ru:Мхитар Манукян на Олимпийских Играх 2004|url=http://borqba.narod.ru/htm-sport/mhitar-oi.htm|publisher=borqba.narod.ru|accessdate=11 February 2013|language=ru}}</ref>

Manukyan retired in 2005 to become an assistant coach, and later the head coach of the Kazakhstan Greco-Roman wrestling team.<ref name="MMAL" />

==Personal life==
Manukyan is married to Arevik, an Armenian woman from Gyumri; they have a daughter.<ref name="MMAL" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Mkhitar Manukyan}}
* [http://borqba.narod.ru/htm-sport/mhitar-zh.htm About life {{ru icon}}]
* [http://borqba.narod.ru/htm-sport/mhitar.htm The last glimpse of the real struggle {{ru icon}}]
* [http://borqba.narod.ru/htm-sport/mhitar-oi.htm Mkhitar Manukyan at the Olympic Games in 2004 {{ru icon}}]

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[[Category:Sportspeople from Gyumri]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani male sport wrestlers]]
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[[Category:Olympic wrestlers of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in wrestling]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:World Wrestling Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 1998 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 2002 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in wrestling]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani Armenians]]