Garnik Mnatsakanyan ( hy, Գառնիկ Մնացականյան, born 7 November 1989) is an
Armenia
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freestyle wrestler. He competed in the 57 kg division at the
2016 Olympics
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, but was eliminated in the first bout.
[Garnik Mnatsakanyan]
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Biography
He was born on 7 November 1989 in the
Azatashen village. Mnatsakanyan first practiced taekwondo and then boxing before he began wrestling at the age of 10. His coaches are Arshak Hayrapetyan and Gevorg Vardanyan, and his first coach was Andranik Haroyan.
Making his senior wrestling debut in 2010, Mnatsakanyan came in third at the 2016
Stepan Sargsyan Tournament and later competed at the
2016 Summer Olympics in
London
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Personal life
Mnatsakanyan is married and has one son.
[ He liked to read books, has a calm temperament, and does not like talking much. His younger brother, Tigran Mnatsakanyan, also a freestyle wrestler.][
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References
External links
Olympic team. Garnik Mnatsakanyan
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1989 births
Living people
People from Ararat Province
Armenian male sport wrestlers
Olympic wrestlers for Armenia
Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
21st-century Armenian people
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