Gevorg Sahakyan

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Gevorg Sahakyan
Personal information
Born (1990-01-15) 15 January 1990 (age 34)
Height168 cm (5.51 ft; 66 in)
Sport
CountryPoland
Sport Amateur wrestling
Weight class67 kg
Event Greco-Roman
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Budapest 67 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Oslo 72 kg
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Bucharest 67 kg

Gevorg Sahakyan (born 15 January 1990) is a Polish Greco-Roman wrestler of Armenian origin. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a silver medalist at the European Wrestling Championships.

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Career

In 2018, Sahakyan won one of the bronze medals in the men's Greco-Roman 67 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. [1] [2]

At the 2019 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania, Sahakyan won the silver medal in the 67 kg event. [3] [4] In the final, he lost against Atakan Yüksel of Turkey. In March 2021, he competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [5] Sahakyan did not qualify at this tournament and he also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria. [6]

In January 2021, Sahakyan won the gold medal in the 67 kg event at the Grand Prix Zagreb Open held in Zagreb, Croatia. [7] In June 2021, he won the gold medal in the 72 kg event at the 2021 Wladyslaw Pytlasinski Cup held in Warsaw, Poland. [8] [9]

Sahakyan competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. [10] He was eliminated in his fourth match and he did not qualify for the Olympics. [10]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2018 World Championships Budapest, Hungary3rd Greco-Roman 67 kg
2019 European Championships Bucharest, Romania2nd Greco-Roman 67 kg
2021 World Championships Oslo, Norway3rd Greco-Roman 72 kg

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