Eduard Soghomonyan (born 19 February 1990) is an

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n-born heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler. He has competed for Brazil since 2015 and was naturalized as a Brazilian in 2016.

Career

The fighter arrived in

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in 2012 after making friends with members of the Brazilian delegation, accompanied by him during the Pan-Armenian Games a year earlier. Eduard has competed for Brazil since 2015, but using a so-called sports passport. At the

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held in Las Vegas, USA, he won his first fight but lost in the round of 16. Soghomonyan represented Brazil at the 2015 South American Wrestling Championships, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in November, and won his first gold medal for the country in the 130 kg category. At the 2016

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held in Frisco, USA, he won the silver medal in the 130 kg category. He faced Cuban Oscar Pino Hunds in the final, after beating Venezuelan Erwin Cabrera, Honduran Randy Martinez and North American Toby Ericson. In a disputed decision, the Cuban won the first round 2-0 and Eduard had to take a risk with just 10 seconds remaining. Oscar counterattacked, got the stoppage and the gold medal. In June 2016, he was naturalized as a Brazilian citizen. Thus, he was able to defend Brazil at the Rio Olympic Games in August. He competed for Brazil at the

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, but was eliminated in the first bout. He represented Brazil at the

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held in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's 130 kg event. He won the silver medal in his event at the

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held in Acapulco, Mexico. He competed in the 130kg event at the

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held in Belgrade, Serbia, where he won the first fight but was eliminated in the round of 16. At the

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, he obtained a bronze medal in the 130 kg category. At the

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, he reached the bronze medal fight, but did not win the medal, finishing in 5th place.Wrestling encerra Jogos Pan-Americanos 2023 com melhor campanha da história da modalidade
/ref> He competed at the

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held in Acapulco, Mexico hoping to qualify for the

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in Paris, France. He was eliminated in the semifinals by

Yasmani Acosta Yasmani Acosta Fernández (born 16 July 1988) is a Cuban-born naturalized Chilean Greco-Roman wrestler who currently competes at 130 kilograms. Acosta qualified Chile for the 2020 Summer Olympics by winning the gold medal from the 2020 Pan A ...

of Chile.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Soghomonyan, Eduard 1990 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Brazil Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Brazilian male sport wrestlers Brazilian people of Armenian descent Sport wrestlers from Yerevan Ethnic Armenian sportspeople Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen 21st-century Brazilian sportspeople Wrestlers at the 2023 Pan American Games