Artur Aleksanyan

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Artur Aleksanyan Venus symbol.svg
Name in Armenian Արթուր Ալեքսանյան
Birthplace Gyumri
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Birth date 21 October 1991
Lived in Gyumri
Education Gyumri State Pedagogical Institute
Ethnicities Armenian
Dialects Eastern Armenian

Artur Aleksanyan (Armenian: Արթուր Ալեքսանյան, born 21 October 1991) is an Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is an Olympic Champion (2016) as well as silver medalist (2021) and bronze medalist (2012), a four-time World Champion (2014, 2015, 2017, 2022), and a five-time European Champion (2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2020). Aleksanyan is the second Olympic gold medalist of Armenia since regaining independence in 1991 and is the most decorated Olympian of independent Armenia as well. He has been nicknamed the "White Bear" and is one of the most renowned Armenian athletes of the 21st century.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artur_Aleksanyan