Background
Arayik Gevorgyan was born January 22, 1973 in a village of the Artashat region of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.
Arayik Gevorgyan was born January 22, 1973 in a village of the Artashat region of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.
Gevorgyan was awarded the Master of Sports of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, International Class title in 1991 and the Honored Master of Sports of Armenia title in 1995. He started wrestling in 1984 under the leadership of Razmik Goletsyana. In 1992, Gevorgyan joined the Armenia youth freestyle wrestling team
After that year, Gevorgyan joined the Armenian national freestyle wrestling team
He is also the first European Championship medalist in either Greco-Roman or freestyle wrestling and only the third European Championship gold medalist in freestyle wrestling from the independent Republic of Armenia. He completed his international wrestling career after the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
From 1989 to 1991, he was a member of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics junior freestyle wrestling team