Background
Aghasi Manukyan was born February 27, 1967 in Leninakan, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.
Aghasi Manukyan was born February 27, 1967 in Leninakan, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.
Manukyan earned the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSRMaster of Sports of International Class title in 1987. He started wrestling in 1977 under the coaching of Aram Sargsyan. Manukyan was recruited into the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics national Greco-Roman wrestling team in 1988.
That same year, he came in first place at the FILA Wrestling World Cup team competition.
After Armenia gained its independence from the Soviet Union, Manukyan began representing his native country. He also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
In 1996, he finished his wrestling career and began coaching. Manukyan coached the Armenian national junior Greco-Roman wrestling team from 1998 to 1999.
From 2001 to 2004, he worked in the Sports Committee of the Shirak region of Armenia.
In 2006, he moved to the United States. Since 2011, he has worked at the Olympic training center located in Marquette.