Career
Patrikeyev has been awarded the Master of Sport of Russia, International Class title. Yury Patrikeyev started Greco-Roman wrestling in his hometown of Kirov-Chepetsk under the direction of Paul Vertunova. In 1996, he enrolled in the Kuban State University of Physical Education and moved to Krasnodar, where he began wrestling under the direction of the honored coach of Russia, Igor Ivanov.
Patrikeyev considered the decision of the coaching staff unfair because Baroyev had long been exempted from participation in international competitions and had the opportunity to conduct targeted training for the Championship of Russia.
In connection with this, Patrikeyev had a conflict with the head coach of the Russian national team in Greco-Roman wrestling, Gennady Sapunov, and in 2005, he made the decision to change his Russian citizenship to Armenian. At the same time, Yury continued to live and train in Krasnodar, but later served under the flag of Armenia.
He officially left the Russian national team in 2005. Patrikeyev competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
The Armenian team came in third place.
Patrikeyev returned to his native Russia for the 2010 World Wrestling Championships in Moscow. The Armenian team came in third place. Patrikeyev qualified for the At 2012 Summer Olympics in London by coming in first place at the European Qualification Tournament.
He came in eighth place.