Nelson Davidyan
Soviet-Armenian Olympic wrestler (1950–2016)
Nelson Davidyan (Armenian: Նելսոն Դավթյան, 6 April 1950 – 11 September 2016) was a Soviet Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler and coach. He was an Olympic silver medalist and two-time World and European Champion.
Biography
Davidyan was born in the village of Chartar within the Martuni Region of Nagorno-Karabakh to an Armenian family. His family moved to Grozny in 1958 and later to Kiev. Davidyan began wrestling in the Greco-Roman style in 1964 and made the Soviet national team in 1969. He made his international début at the 1970 European Wrestling Championships, where he was sixth in the bantamweight division.
Moving up to featherweight, Davidyan won the 1973 European Championship and then, moving up again to lightweight, won the 1974 World Wrestling Championships as a last minute replacement for Shamil Khisamutdinov. After the 1974 World Championships, Davidyan switched back to featherweight and competed in this class until the end of his career in 1981. After moving back to featherweight, Davidyan won the 1975 World Wrestling Championships as well as the 1975 and 1976 Soviet titles. Davidyan won a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
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