Edmond Nazaryan

{{short description|Bulgarian Greco-Roman wrestler}}

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{{Medal|Silver| 2022 Belgrade | 60 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| European Championships }}

{{Medal|Gold| 2020 Rome | 55 kg }}

{{Medal|Gold| 2023 Zagreb | 60 kg }}

{{Medal|Silver| 2022 Budapest | 60 kg }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2024 Bucharest | 63 kg }}

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{{Medal|Gold|2022 Rome | 63 kg }}

{{Medal|Bronze|2021 Dortmund | 60 kg }}

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{{Medal|Bronze| 2018 Buenos Aires | 45 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition|World Cadets Championships}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2019 Sofia |51 kg}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2018 Zagreb |45 kg}}

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{{Medal|Gold|2019 Faenza |51 kg}}

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Edmond Armen Nazaryan ({{langx|bg|Едмонд Армен Назарян}}, born 19 January 2002) is a Bulgarian Greco-Roman wrestler of Armenian descent. He won the silver medal in the 60 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.{{Cite news |last=Brennan |first=Eliott |date=13 September 2022 |title=Olympic medallist Kayaalp returns to champion status at World Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1128029/kayaalp-champion-wrestling |access-date=14 September 2022}} Edmond is also a four-time medalist, including two gold medals, at the European Wrestling Championships.

Career

In 2018, Nazaryan won the bronze medal in the boys' Greco-Roman 45{{nbsp}}kg event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In the bronze medal match he defeated Arslanbek Zakirbayev of Turkmenistan.

He won the gold medal in the 55{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/eucs-rome-final-book_1.pdf|title=2020 European Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412124934/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/eucs-rome-final-book_1.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Houston|first=Michael|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1090423/nazaryan-bulgaria-european-wrestling|title=Teenager Nazaryan wins Greco-Roman gold on day two of European Wrestling Championships|date=11 February 2020|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=11 February 2020}}{{Cite news|url=https://sport.news.am/eng/news/108224/european-wrestling-championships-armen-nazaryans-son-becomes-european-champion.html|title=European Wrestling Championships: Armen Nazaryan's son becomes European champion|date=11 February 2020|work=NEWS.am Sport|access-date=11 February 2020}} He defeated Vitali Kabaloev of Russia in his gold medal match.

Nazaryan won the silver medal in the 60{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.{{Cite news |last=Pavitt |first=Michael |date=3 April 2022 |title=Turkish wrestlers earn Greco-Roman titles as European Championships conclude |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1121426/turkey-greco-roman-european-championship |access-date=4 April 2022}}{{Cite web |title=2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403191311/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 |archive-date=3 April 2022 |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}} He won the silver medal in the 60{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.{{Cite web |title=2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-date=18 September 2022 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}

Nazaryan won the gold medal in the 60{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia. He defeated Victor Ciobanu of Moldova in his gold medal match.{{cite web | url=https://bnr.bg/en/post/101813817/young-edmond-nazaryan-becomes-european-wrestling-champion-for-the-second-time | title=Young Edmond Nazaryan becomes European wrestling champion for the second time }} Nazaryan won one of the bronze medals in the 63{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.{{Cite web |title=2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219213412/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM |archive-date=19 February 2024 |access-date=19 February 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}}

Achievements

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2018

|Summer Youth Olympics

|Buenos Aires, Argentina

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|Greco-Roman 45{{nbsp}}kg

2020

|European Championships

|Rome, Italy

| align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Greco-Roman 55{{nbsp}}kg

rowspan=2 | 2022

|European Championships

|Budapest, Hungary

|align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|Greco-Roman 60{{nbsp}}kg

World Championships

|Belgrade, Serbia

|align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|Greco-Roman 60{{nbsp}}kg

2023

|European Championships

|Zagreb, Croatia

|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Greco-Roman 60{{nbsp}}kg

2024

|European Championships

|Bucharest, Romania

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|Greco-Roman 63{{nbsp}}kg

Personal life

Armen Nazaryan is his father, a two-time Olympic Champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.

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