Gevorg Sahakyan


Gevorg Sahakyan 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 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg|men's Greco-Roman 67kg] event at the 2018 [World Wrestling Championships|World Wrestling Championships] held in Budapest, Hungary.
At the 2019 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania, Sahakyan won the silver medal in the 2019 [European Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg|67kg] event. 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. 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 2021 [Grand Prix Zagreb Open|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 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He was eliminated in his fourth match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2018World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary3rdGreco-Roman 67kg
2019European ChampionshipsBucharest, Romania2ndGreco-Roman 67kg
2021World ChampionshipsOslo, Norway3rdGreco-Roman 72kg