Gevorg Sahakyan

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

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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.

Career

In 2018, Sahakyan won one of the bronze medals in the men's Greco-Roman 67{{nbsp}}kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/2018-world-championships_final-book.pdf|title=2018 World Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414123246/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/2018-world-championships_final-book.pdf|archive-date=14 April 2020|access-date=14 April 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Diamond|first=James|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1071553/russia-move-top-of-medal-table-at-world-wrestling-championships-with-two-golds-on-penultimate-day|title=Russia move top of medal table at World Wrestling Championships with two golds on penultimate day|date=27 October 2018|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=10 April 2020}}

At the 2019 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania, Sahakyan won the silver medal in the 67{{nbsp}}kg event.{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1077985/russia-round-off-european-wrestling-championships-in-bucharest-with-two-more-greco-roman-golds|title=Russia round off European Wrestling Championships in Bucharest with two more Greco-Roman golds|last=Rowbottom|first=Mike|date=14 April 2019|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=25 January 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/opt-final-book_european_bucharest_2019.pdf|title=2019 European Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412162932/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/opt-final-book_european_bucharest_2019.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}} 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.{{Cite web|title=2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf|archive-date=24 March 2021|access-date=24 March 2021|website=United World Wrestling}} 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.{{Cite web|title=2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509161754/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf|archive-date=9 May 2021|access-date=9 May 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}

In January 2021, Sahakyan won the gold medal in the 67{{nbsp}}kg event at the Grand Prix Zagreb Open held in Zagreb, Croatia.{{Cite web|title=2021 Grand Prix Zagreb Open Results Book|url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-01/results_01_zagreb.pdf?VersionId=pRLHK4V9.EF957exJQFDTZlQYqtSm8Ae|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107150312/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-01/results_01_zagreb.pdf?VersionId=pRLHK4V9.EF957exJQFDTZlQYqtSm8Ae|archive-date=7 November 2021|access-date=7 November 2021|website=United World Wrestling}} In June 2021, he won the gold medal in the 72{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2021 Wladyslaw Pytlasinski Cup held in Warsaw, Poland.{{Cite news|last=Rowbottom|first=Mike|date=13 June 2021|title=Hosts win two golds on final night of UWW Poland Open|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1109022/uww-poland-open-warsaw|access-date=4 July 2021}}{{Cite web|title=2021 Poland Open Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/results_06_warsaw.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704164819/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/results_06_warsaw.pdf|archive-date=4 July 2021|access-date=4 July 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}

Sahakyan competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.{{Cite web |title=2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-date=8 April 2024 |access-date=8 April 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}} He was eliminated in his fourth match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.

Achievements

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!Tournament

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2018

|World Championships

|Budapest, Hungary

|align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|Greco-Roman 67{{nbsp}}kg

2019

|European Championships

|Bucharest, Romania

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

|Greco-Roman 67{{nbsp}}kg

2021

|World Championships

|Oslo, Norway

|align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|Greco-Roman 72{{nbsp}}kg

References

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