Vladimir Modosyan

{{short description|Wrestler}}

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{{MedalSport|Men's Freestyle Wrestling}}

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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1986 Budapest|82 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|1987 Clermont-Ferrand|82 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|1982 Varna|82 kg}}

{{MedalSilver|1987 Veliko Tarnovo|82 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Cup}}

{{MedalSilver|1984 Toledo, Ohio|82 kg}}

{{MedalGold|1985 Toledo|82 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|1986 Toledo|82 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Goodwill Games}}

{{MedalGold|1986 Moscow|82 kg}}

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Vladimir Modosyan (born 16 June 1958) is a former Soviet Armenian Freestyle wrestler.{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/04/07/olympian-gets-his-revenge/ |title=Olympian Gets His Revenge |publisher=Chicago Tribune |date=April 7, 1985 |access-date=August 4, 2011}} He is a World Champion, two-time European Championships silver medalist, and World Cup winner.

Biography

Modosyan started wrestling in 1968. In 1975, he moved to Krasnoyarsk and started training under the guidance of the honored coach of the USSR Dmitry Mindiashvili. From 1982 to 1987, Modosyan was a member of the Soviet national freestyle wrestling team. He came in first place at the 1985 Wrestling World Cup. Modosyan had his most successful year in 1986, when he won the gold medal at the 1986 World Wrestling Championships and 1986 Goodwill Games. He won his second silver medal at the 1987 European Wrestling Championships.

After completing his wrestling career, he took up coaching, becoming part of the coaching staff of the Russian national freestyle wrestling team. The most famous disciples of Vladimir Modosyan are the Russian Champion and World Championship medalist Albert Saritov{{cite web |title=Альберт Саритов: "Главное — не попасть в суету" |url=http://krskplus.ru/sport/articles/462379 |date=29 March 2012 |publisher=krskplus.ru |accessdate=29 March 2012 |language=Russian}} and the two-time World Champion Viktor Lebedev.{{cite web |title=Петр Юмшанов: "Виктор Лебедев полон желания вновь выигрывать титулы" |url=http://wrestdag.ru/news/ru/v_mire/petr_jumshanov_viktor_lebedev_polon_zhelanija_vnov_viigrivat_tituli/ |date=23 August 2013 |publisher=Wrestdag.ru |accessdate=23 August 2013 |language=Russian}}

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