Artur Aleksanyan

Artur Aleksanyan

Aleksanyan in 2016
Personal information
Native name	Արթուր Ալեքսանյան
Full name	Artur Aleksanyan
Nickname	White Bear[1]
Nationality	Armenian
Born	(1991-10-21) 21 October 1991 (age 33) Gyumri, Armenia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	98 kg (216 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Greco-Roman
Coached by	Gevorg Aleksanyan
Medal record Men's Greco-Roman wrestling Representing  Armenia Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 98 kg 2020 Tokyo 97 kg 2024 Paris 97 kg 2012 London 96 kg World Championships 2014 Tashkent 98 kg 2015 Las Vegas 98 kg 2017 Paris 98 kg 2022 Belgrade 97 kg 2013 Budapest 96 kg 2019 Nur-Sultan 97 kg 2023 Belgrade 97 kg European Games 2019 Minsk 97 kg European Championships 2012 Belgrade 96 kg 2013 Tbilisi 96 kg 2014 Vantaa 98 kg 2018 Kaspiysk 97 kg 2020 Rome 97 kg 2023 Zagreb 97 kg 2024 Bucharest 97 kg 2011 Dortmund 96 kg 2016 Riga 98 kg 2017 Novi Sad 98 kg World Juniors Championships 2010 Budapest 84 kg 2009 Ankara 84 kg

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, 2024) and bronze medalist (2012), a four-time World Champion (2014, 2015, 2017, 2022), and a seven-time European Champion (2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2024). 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" by a sport journalist Karen Giloyan and is one of the most renowned Armenian athletes of the 21st century.^{[by whom?]}