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.
He was an Armenian Champion, European Champion and three-time World Champion. Gevorgyan became a European Junior Champion in 1991. Gevorgyan became a European Youth Champion in 1992 and a World Youth Champion in 1993. Gevorgyan is a three-time consecutive World Wrestling Champion, having won a gold medal at the 1995 World Wrestling Championships, 1997 World Wrestling Championships and 1998 World Wrestling Championships. Gevorgyan is the first ever wrestler from the independent Republic of Armenia to become a Wrestling World Champion in freestyle wrestling. Gevorgyan is also a three-time Olympian who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics but never won an Olympic medal.
From 1989 to 1991, he was a member of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics junior freestyle wrestling team
