65-years-old famous judoist and our compatriot Bernard Choullouyan died in France. Former Secretary General of Armenian Judo Federation Davit Khitaryan reports this on his Facebook page.
Bernard Choullouyan was part of a successful generation for France taking medals at the 1980 Olympic Games where he won bronze in Moscow. In 1981 Choullouyan became World Champion U86kg.
In total he claimed five European medals, but never the desired gold medal. He took silver in 1981, bronze four times in 1977, 1978, 1980 U78kg and 1982 U86kg. He came close to the gold medal in 1979 at the World Championships in Paris where he lost to Shozo Fujii (JPN) but in the end it was reserved for him. He captured bronze at he 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow after he had lost the semi final against Juan Ferrer Lahera, he defeated Ignacio Sanz Paz for bronze. For ...