Medal record | ||
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Competitor for Soviet Union | ||
Men's wrestling | ||
World Championships | ||
Gold | 1958 Sofia | 62 kg |
Bronze | 1957 Istanbul | 62 kg |
Norayr Musheghian (Armenian: Նորայր Մուշեղյան; November 2, 1935 - December 23, 2011[1]) was an Armenian wrestler, coach and public activist.
Norayr Tagvori Musheghian was born in Yerevan to Armenian parents, survivors of Armenian Genocide. He was the first Armenian Free-style Wrestling World Champion (1958) and World Cup winner,[2], Free-style Wrestling Champion of USSR (1958 and 1959), and USSR Second Spartakiad winner (1959), Deserved master of sports of the USSR (1966).
He was the founder of Free-style wrestling school of Yerevan and "Zoravar Andranik" All-Armenian Union (1986).[3][4]
He died, aged 76, in his home city of Yerevan.