16 Facts About Mnatsakan Iskandaryan

Mnatsakan Iskandaryan is a former Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler who competed for the Soviet Union and Russia.

Mnatsakan Iskandaryan earned the rank Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1991 and was named Honoured Coach of Russia in 2000.

In 2012, Mnatsakan Iskandaryan was inducted into the FILA Hall of Fame as the sole Greco-Roman inductee.

Mnatsakan Iskandaryan started Greco-Roman wrestling in 1978 under the guidance of Koryun Movsesian.

Mnatsakan Iskandaryan became a member of the USSR national Greco-Roman wrestling team in 1988.

Mnatsakan Iskandaryan remained a member of the Soviet national team until the Union's fall in 1991.

Mnatsakan Iskandaryan won a silver medal in the 1989 European Wrestling Championships.

In 1991, Mnatsakan Iskandaryan became a European Champion and two-time consecutive World Champion.

Mnatsakan Iskandaryan repeated the European success by winning a 1992 European Championships gold medal for a consecutive second time.

Mnatsakan Iskandaryan had single-handedly defeated all of his opposition, and thus claimed the Olympic gold medal and became an Olympic Champion.

Mnatsakan Iskandaryan underwent over two years of inactivity following his Olympic victory.

Mnatsakan Iskandaryan finally returned, now serving under the Russian flag, at the 1994 World Wrestling Championships, where he claimed his third World Championship gold medal.

Mnatsakan Iskandaryan was unable to win a medal and came in fifth place.

Mnatsakan Iskandaryan retired from wrestling after the 1996 Olympics and started coaching.

In 2012, Mnatsakan Iskandaryan was inducted into the FILA Hall of Fame, the sole Greco-Roman inductee.

Mnatsakan Iskandaryan became the second Armenian to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, after Armen Nazaryan in 2007.