Samvel Danielyan

Samvel Danielyan (Armenian: Սամվել Դանիելյան, Russian: Самвел Владимирович Даниелян, born 4 February 1971) is a retired Armenian-Russian Greco-Roman wrestler.[1] He is a three-time Russian Champion, World Cup winner, European Champion, and World Champion.

Samvel Danielyan

Personal information
Born	4 February 1971 Baku, Soviet Azerbaijan
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event(s)	Greco-Roman
Club	SKA Rostov-on-Don
Coached by	Pjotr Tchinibaljan
Medal record Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling Representing  Russia World Championships 1995 Prague 52 kg European Championships 1993 Istanbul 52 kg 1999 Sofia 54 kg World Cup 1992 Besançon 52 kg Representing  Soviet Union World Cup 1991 Thessaloniki 52 kg

Biography

Danielyan was born on 4 February 1971 in Baku. He started practicing Greco-Roman wrestling in 1978 under the teaching of Felix Avakov and the honored coach of the USSR Edward Kasparov. In 1987 he was made a member of the Soviet junior team. He became a Junior European Champion in 1987, Espoir European Champion, Junior World Champion, and Espoir World Cup winner in 1989, and Junior European Champion again in 1989. During the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, he moved to Krasnodar in 1989, and later to Rostov-on-Don where he continued wrestling under Pjotr Tchinibaljan. In 1991, he won the Espoir World Championship and the Wrestling World Cup as a senior.[2]

Starting in 1992, Danielyan transitioned to the Russian national team, winning silver at the World Cup that year and winning bronze at the 1993 European Wrestling Championships. Danielyan won the 1995 World Wrestling Championships gold medal, defeating Armen Nazaryan in the final round. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, Danielyan was defeated by Nazaryan, who would go on to win the Olympic gold medal, in the semifinals. Danielyan lost to Andriy Kalashnykov in the bronze medal match. He won the European Wrestling Championships in 1999.[2]

He completed his career in 2001. In March 2008, he moved to Moscow, and has been working in the Sports School No.64 at the Ivan Yarygin Sports Palace.[3]

References

1. "Samvel Danielyan". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
2. Danelyan, Samuel (RUS)
3. "Тренерский состав спортивной школы" (in Russian). sport.uvao.ru. Archived from the original on 24 August 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2012.