David Safaryan
{{Short description|Armenian-Russian wrestler}}
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| name = David Safaryan
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| native_name = Դավիթ Սաֆարյան
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| nationality = {{ARM}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|08|01}}
| birth_place = Cherkessk, Russia
| height = 170 cm
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| country = {{ARM}}
| sport = Wrestling
| weight_class = 65 kg
| event = Freestyle
| coach = Ovik Safaryan
Araik Baghdadyan
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's Freestyle Wrestling }}
{{MedalCountry | {{ARM}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 2013 Budapest | 66 kg }}
{{MedalCompetition | European Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 2013 Tbilisi | 66 kg }}
{{MedalBronze | 2012 Belgrade | 66 kg }}
{{MedalCompetition | Summer Universiade }}
{{MedalSilver | 2013 Kazan | 66 kg }}
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David Safaryan ({{langx|hy|Դավիթ Սաֆարյան}}; born 1 August 1989) is an Armenian and Russian Freestyle wrestler and World and European Champion.
Biography
Safaryan was born on 1 August 1989 in Cherkessk, Russia. He began wrestling since childhood in his father's initiative, who had the title of Master of Sports in wrestling. Since 2003, he trained in Krasnodar under Abdulla Magomedov. From 2006 to 2009, he was a member of the cadet and junior national team of Russia, becoming a Cadet European Champion in 2006 and 2007 and a Junior World Championships silver medalist in 2009.
Later, Safaryan decided to compete for Armenia, where he began to train under the head coach of the Armenian freestyle wrestling team Araik Baghdadyan. His first success at the senior international level came when he won a bronze medal at the 2012 European Wrestling Championships. Shortly thereafter, he competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, but was unable to win a medal due to controversial refereeing while facing Kazakh Akzhurek Tanatarov in the quarterfinals, amid a number of other controversial Kazakhstan victories.{{cite web |script-title=ru:Давид Сафарян: «Моя спортивная карьера начиналась в России и Армении одновременно» |url=http://www.yerkramas.org/article/64597/david-safaryan-%C2%ABmoya-sportivnaya-karera-nachinalas-v-rossii-i-armenii-odnovremenno%C2%BB |date=16 October 2013 |publisher=Yerkramas |access-date=16 October 2013 |language=ru}}
He won a gold medal at the 2013 European Wrestling Championships in Tbilisi.{{cite web |script-title=hy:Դավիթ Սաֆարյանը հռչակվեց Եվրոպայի չեմպիոն |url=http://www.panarmenian.net/arm/news/150575/ |date=19 March 2013 |publisher=PanArmenian.Net |access-date=19 March 2013 |language=hy}} Safaryan is the first Armenian to become a European Champion in freestyle wrestling in nine years. Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili came up and congratulated David afterwards.{{cite web |script-title=hy:Դավիթ Սաֆարյան. Շատ ուրախ եմ, որ 9 տարվա դադարից հետո Հայաստանը կրկին ոսկե մեդալ ունի ազատ ոճի ըմբշամարտում |url=http://sport.news.am/arm/news/20878/davit-safaryan-shat-urakh-em-or-9-tarva-dadaric-heto-hayastany-krkin-oske-medal-uni-azat-otchi-ymbshamartum.html |date=20 March 2013 |publisher=sport.news.am |access-date=20 March 2013 |language=hy}} At the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, he won a silver medal. Later that year Safaryan also won the gold medal at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, taking revenge on Tanatarov in the quarterfinals and defeating Cuban Liván López, another 2012 Olympic medalist, in the finals.{{cite web |title=Armenia's David Safarian wins World Champion title |url=http://arka.am/en/news/sport/armenia_s_david_safarian_wins_world_champion_title/ |publisher=arka.am |date=17 September 2013}} Safaryan was named the Armenian Athlete of the Year for 2013 by vote conducted by the Republican Federation of Sports Journalists of Armenia.{{cite web |script-title=hy:ՀՄԼՖ. Աշխարհի չեմպիոն Դավիթ Սաֆարյանը՝ Հայաստանի լավագույն մարզիկ |url=http://sport.news.am/arm/news/33888/hmlf-ashkharhi-chempion-davit-safaryany-hayastani-lavaguyn-marzik.html |date=16 December 2013 |publisher=sport.news.am |access-date=16 December 2013 |language=hy}}
He also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.{{Cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/davit-safaryan-1.html |title=Davit Safaryan |access-date=2018-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418085351/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/davit-safaryan-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-18 |df=dmy-all}}
References
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External links
- {{IWD|name=Devid Safaryan}}
- {{Olympics.com|devid-safaryan|Devid Safaryan}}
- {{Olympedia|name=Davit Safaryan}}
{{World Champions freestyle wrestling lightweight}}
{{European Champions freestyle wrestling lightweight}}
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Category:People from Cherkessk
Category:Armenian male sport wrestlers
Category:Olympic wrestlers for Armenia
Category:Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Russian sportspeople of Armenian descent
Category:European Games competitors for Armenia
Category:Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games
Category:World Wrestling Championships medalists
Category:Summer World University Games medalists in wrestling
Category:Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Armenia
Category:European Wrestling Championships medalists
Category:Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
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