{{short description|Polish Greco-Roman wrestler}} {{Infobox sportsperson | honorific_prefix = | name = Gevorg Sahakyan | honorific_suffix = | image = Gevorg Sahakyan.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = 2021 World Wrestling Championships | headercolor = | textcolor = <!-- Personal information --> | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- if different than name --> | full_name = <!-- if different than name/birth_name --> | nickname = | nationality = <!-- will not display if national_team is defined --> | national_team = <!-- only for the country represented in international competition --> | ethnicity = | citizenship = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|1|15}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|death year|death month|death day|birth year|birth month|birth day}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = | hometown = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | employer = | agent = | height = {{convert|168|cm|ft in|abbr=on}} | weight = <!-- X kg, X lb, or X st Y lb (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference --> | spouse = | life_partner = | other_interests = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | module = <!-- Sport --> | country = Poland | sport = Amateur wrestling | position = | disability = | disability_class = | weight_class = 67 kg | weight_class_type = | rank = | event = Greco-Roman | event_type = | universityteam = | collegeteam = | league = | league_type = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | turnedpro_type = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | module2 = <!-- Achievements and titles --> | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | commonwealth = | highestranking = | pb = <!-- Medal record --> | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Men's Greco-Roman wrestling}} {{Medal|Country| {{POL}} }} {{Medal|Competition| World Championships }} {{Medal|Bronze| 2018 Budapest | 67 kg }} {{Medal|Bronze| 2021 Oslo | 72 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| European Championships }} {{Medal|Silver| 2019 Bucharest | 67 kg }} | medaltemplates-title = | module3 = }} '''Gevorg Sahakyan''' (born 15 January 1990) is a Polish Greco-Roman wrestler of Armenian origin. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a silver medalist at the European Wrestling Championships.
== Career ==
In 2018, Sahakyan won one of the bronze medals in the men's Greco-Roman 67{{nbsp}}kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.<ref name="uww_world_wrestling_championships_2018">{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/2018-world-championships_final-book.pdf|title=2018 World Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414123246/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/2018-world-championships_final-book.pdf|archive-date=14 April 2020|access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="russia_move_top_medal_table_2018">{{Cite news|last=Diamond|first=James|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1071553/russia-move-top-of-medal-table-at-world-wrestling-championships-with-two-golds-on-penultimate-day|title=Russia move top of medal table at World Wrestling Championships with two golds on penultimate day|date=27 October 2018|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref>
At the 2019 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania, Sahakyan won the silver medal in the 67{{nbsp}}kg event.<ref name="russia_round_off_european_2019">{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1077985/russia-round-off-european-wrestling-championships-in-bucharest-with-two-more-greco-roman-golds|title=Russia round off European Wrestling Championships in Bucharest with two more Greco-Roman golds|last=Rowbottom|first=Mike|date=14 April 2019|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=25 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="uww_european_wrestling_championships_2019">{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/opt-final-book_european_bucharest_2019.pdf|title=2019 European Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412162932/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/opt-final-book_european_bucharest_2019.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}}</ref> In the final, he lost against Atakan Yüksel of Turkey. In March 2021, he competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.<ref name="european_olympic_qualifier_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf|archive-date=24 March 2021|access-date=24 March 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> Sahakyan did not qualify at this tournament and he also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.<ref name="uww_world_olympic_qualification_tournament_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509161754/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf|archive-date=9 May 2021|access-date=9 May 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref>
In January 2021, Sahakyan won the gold medal in the 67{{nbsp}}kg event at the Grand Prix Zagreb Open held in Zagreb, Croatia.<ref name="results_book_zagreb_open_grand_prix_uww_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 Grand Prix Zagreb Open Results Book|url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-01/results_01_zagreb.pdf?VersionId=pRLHK4V9.EF957exJQFDTZlQYqtSm8Ae|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107150312/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-01/results_01_zagreb.pdf?VersionId=pRLHK4V9.EF957exJQFDTZlQYqtSm8Ae|archive-date=7 November 2021|access-date=7 November 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> In June 2021, he won the gold medal in the 72{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2021 Wladyslaw Pytlasinski Cup held in Warsaw, Poland.<ref name="hosts_win_two_golds_uww_poland_open_2021">{{Cite news|last=Rowbottom|first=Mike|date=13 June 2021|title=Hosts win two golds on final night of UWW Poland Open|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1109022/uww-poland-open-warsaw|access-date=4 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="uww_poland_open_results_book_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 Poland Open Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/results_06_warsaw.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704164819/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/results_06_warsaw.pdf|archive-date=4 July 2021|access-date=4 July 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref>
Sahakyan competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.<ref name="european_wrestling_olympic_qualification_tournament_results_book_2024">{{Cite web |title=2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-date=8 April 2024 |access-date=8 April 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> He was eliminated in his fourth match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.<ref name="european_wrestling_olympic_qualification_tournament_results_book_2024"/>
== Achievements ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !Year !Tournament !Location !Result !Event |- |2018 |World Championships |Budapest, Hungary |align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Greco-Roman 67{{nbsp}}kg |- |2019 |European Championships |Bucharest, Romania |align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Greco-Roman 67{{nbsp}}kg |- |2021 |World Championships |Oslo, Norway |align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Greco-Roman 72{{nbsp}}kg |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sahakyan, Gevorg}} Category:Living people Category:1990 births Category:Polish people of Armenian descent Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Polish male sport wrestlers Category:World Wrestling Championships medalists Category:European Wrestling Championships medalists Category:21st-century Polish sportsmen