Career
Nazaryan was awarded the Master of Sport of Armenia, International Class title in 2005. Armen Nazaryan started judo in 1990 in the Sports School of Hrazdan. Nazaryan was first interested in boxing, but moved to judo in 1993.
Since 1995, he has been trained by Karen Abagyan.
Nazaryan competed in the Olympics for a third time at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He announced before the Olympics began that it would be his last time competing.