Sanasar Oganisyan

Sanasar Oganisyan

Medal record
Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Representing Soviet Union
Olympic Games
	1980 Moscow	90 kg
World Championships
	1981 Skopje	90 kg
European Championships
	1986 Piraeus	90 kg
World Cup
	1981 Toledo	90 kg
	1986 Toledo	100 kg

Sanasar Oganisyan (Armenian: Սանասար Հովհաննիսյան, born February 5, 1960 in Moscow, Russian SSR) is a former Freestyle wrestler for the Soviet Union of Armenian descent and Olympic, World and European Champion. He became an Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1980.

Early life

Oganisyan was born on February 5, 1960 in Moscow, Russian SSR. He graduated from the Moscow Engineering and Construction Institute. As a youth, he became a European Champion in 1978 and a World Champion in 1979. Oganisyan played for the Spartak Moscow wrestling club.

Career

At the age of 20, Oganisyan was selected by the Soviet Olympic team to compete at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Oganisyan won an Olympic gold medal. He became the first Armenian freestyle wrestler and the second Armenian wrestler to become an Olympic Champion.

Oganisyan won a gold medal at the 1981 FILA Wrestling World Championships and 1981 Wrestling World Cup the following year. However, he also received a serious back injury that year and had to take some time off. When he returned, he won a gold medal at the 1986 Wrestling European Championships. Oganisyan retired from wrestling sometime after winning his second USSR Championship in 1989.

Personal life

Sanasar's younger brother is Gor Chahal, a famous artist.

External links

• Sports-Reference.com