Background
Artem Teryan was born on March 5, 1930 in Ganja in an Armenian family originating from the village Banants. He lost his father, who died in World World War II, when he was very young.
Artem Teryan was born on March 5, 1930 in Ganja in an Armenian family originating from the village Banants. He lost his father, who died in World World War II, when he was very young.
He started wrestling in 1945. He first became interested in the Armenian Kokh, then moved on to the studies of classical wrestling. His first coach was Andrew Danielian.
After high school, Teryan entered the Baku Institute of Physical Education and moved to Baku.
He later served in the featherweight weight class (62 kg). In 1955, after a fall off his bike, which led to the fracture of the clavicle, he was forced to retire and went into coaching in the sports society Dynamo.
In April 1970, he was murdered as a victim of domestic violence murders.
Teryan became a member of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics national Greco-Roman wrestling team in 1952 and competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, winning a bronze medal in the bantamweight category (57 kg). He was a member of the first Soviet wrestling team to compete in a World Championships at the 1953 FILA Wrestling World Championships in Naples.