Armen Nazaryan

Armen Nazaryan

Personal information
Born	(1974-03-09) 9 March 1974 (age 43) Masis, Armenia
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event(s)	Greco-Roman
Club	Slavia Sofia
Coached by	Robert Nersesyan Bratan Tzenov
Medal record Representing  Armenia Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta 52 kg World Championships 1993 Stockholm 52 kg 1995 Prague 52 kg European Championships 1994 Athens 52 kg 1995 Bezanson 52 kg 1996 Budapest 52 kg Representing  Bulgaria Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 58 kg 2004 Athens 60 kg World Championships 1997 Wrocław 58 kg 1998 Gävle 58 kg 1999 Athens 58 kg 2002 Moscow 60 kg 2003 Créteil 60 kg 2005 Budapest 60 kg European Championships 1998 Minsk 58 kg 1999 Sofia 58 kg 2000 Moscow 58 kg 2002 Seinayoky 60 kg 2003 Belgrade 60 kg 2008 Tampere 60 kg

Armen Nazaryan (Armenian: Արմեն Նազարյան, born 9 March 1974) is an Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler who later represented Bulgaria. Nazaryan is a two-time Olympic Champion (1996, 2000), a three-time World Champion (2002, 2003, 2005), and a six-time European Champion (1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003). After Armenia regained independence in 1991, Nazaryan became the first Olympic gold medalist for the country. He was recognized by the FILA as the best wrestler of the year in 1998 and 2003. In 2007, Nazaryan was inducted as a member of the FILA Hall of Fame.

Nazaryan was born on 9 March 1974 in Masis, Armenia. He started wrestling at the age of eight under the coaching of Robert Nersesyan and entered the Yerevan Sports School in 1987.

In 1993, Nazaryan became a Espoir World Wrestling Champion and won a silver medal at the senior 1993 World Wrestling Championships. This marked the debut of Armenia in the World Wrestling Championships. Nazaryan had won the first ever medal for the independent Republic of Armenia at the World Wrestling Championships.

The following year, Nazaryan won a gold medal at the 1994 European Wrestling Championships, as both a senior and a espoir. Nazaryan became the first European Wrestling Champion from independent Armenia in the country's debut in the European Wrestling Championships. Turning 21 in the coming year, Nazaryan would soon become no longer eligible to compete in younger tournaments and competed only as a senior from then on.

Nazaryan repeated both the European Wrestling Championships gold medal and World Wrestling Championships silver medal in 1995, the former making him only the second European Wrestling Champion from Armenia. Because of his international success, Nazaryan was eligible to compete at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

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