Gevorg Sahakyan (born 15 January 1990) is a Polish

Greco-Roman wrestler Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), or classic wrestling (Euro-English) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and has been i ...

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n origin. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the

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and a silver medalist at the

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Career

In 2018, Sahakyan won one of the bronze medals in the men's Greco-Roman 67kg event at the

held in Budapest, Hungary. At the

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held in Bucharest, Romania, Sahakyan won the silver medal in the 67kg event. In the final, he lost against

Atakan Yüksel Atakan Yüksel (born August 13, 1985) is a Turkish wrestler competing in the 66 kg division of Greco-Roman style. The athlete is a member of ASKİ Club in Ankara, where he is coached by Mehmet Akif Pirim. He qualified for the 2012 Summer O ...

of Turkey. In March 2021, he competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the

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in Tokyo, Japan. 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. In January 2021, Sahakyan won the gold medal in the 67kg event at the Grand Prix Zagreb Open held in Zagreb, Croatia. In June 2021, he won the gold medal in the 72kg event at the 2021 Wladyslaw Pytlasinski Cup held in Warsaw, Poland. Sahakyan competed at the

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in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the

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in Paris, France. He was eliminated in his fourth match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sahakyan, Gevorg Living people 1990 births Polish people of Armenian descent Place of birth missing (living people) Polish male sport wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists European Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century Polish sportsmen