Arayik Gevorgyan

Arayik Gevorgyan (Armenian: Արայիկ Գեւորգյան, born 22 January 1973) is a retired Armenian Freestyle wrestler. He is an Armenian Champion, European Champion, and three-time World Champion. Gevorgyan was awarded the Master of Sports of the USSR, International Class title in 1991 and the Honored Master of Sports of Armenia title in 1995.[1]

Arayik Gevorgyan
Personal information
Born (1973-01-22) 22 January 1973
Artashat, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
ClubArarat Artashat
Coached byRazmik Goletsyan
Stepan Sargsyan
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Armenia
World Championships
1995 Atlanta 68 kg
1997 Krasnoyarsk 69 kg
1998 Tehran 69 kg
European Championships
1993 Istanbul 68 kg
1994 Rome 68 kg
1995 Fribourg 68 kg
1996 Budapest 68 kg
1997 Warsaw 69 kg
1998 Bratislava 76 kg

Biography

Gevorgyan was born on 22 January 1973 in a village of the Artashat region of Soviet Armenia. He started wrestling in 1984 under the guidance of Razmik Goletsyan. From 1989 to 1991, he was a member of the USSR junior freestyle wrestling team. Gevorgyan became a Junior European Champion in 1991. In 1992, Gevorgyan joined the Armenia espoir freestyle wrestling team. Gevorgyan became an Espoir European Champion in 1992 and an Espoir World Champion in 1993. After that year, Gevorgyan joined the Armenian national freestyle wrestling team. He became a three-time consecutive World Wrestling Champion, having won a gold medal at the 1995 World Wrestling Championships, 1997 World Wrestling Championships and 1998 World Wrestling Championships. Gevorgyan is the first ever wrestler from the independent Republic of Armenia to become a World Wrestling Champion in freestyle wrestling. He is also the first European Championship medalist in either Greco-Roman or freestyle wrestling and only the third European Championship gold medalist in freestyle wrestling from the independent Republic of Armenia. Gevorgyan is a three-time Olympian, competing at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, and 2004 Summer Olympics. He was one of the favorites in 1996 and 200 but wasn't able to win an Olympic medal. Gevorgyan was voted the Armenian Athlete of the Year for 1997 and 1998. He completed his international wrestling career after the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

References
  1. "Athlete information". FILA-official.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
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