Background
Oganisyan was born on February 5, 1960 in Moscow, Russian Soviet Socialist Republic.
Oganisyan was born on February 5, 1960 in Moscow, Russian Soviet Socialist Republic.
He graduated from the Moscow Engineering and Construction Institute.
He became an Honoured Master of Sports of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics in 1980. Oganisyan played for the Spartak Moscow wrestling club At the age of 20, Oganisyan was selected by the Soviet Olympic team to compete at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
However, he also received a serious back injury that year and had to take some time official
Oganisyan retired from wrestling sometime after winning his second Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Championship in 1989.