Artem Teryan
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Born | 5 March 1930 Ganja, Azerbaijan |
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Died | April 1970 (aged 40) Baku, Azerbaijan |
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Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | |||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Baku | |||||||||||||||
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Artyom Sarkisovich Teryan (Russian: Артём Саркисович Терян, 5 March 1930 – April 1970) was a Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler of Armenian descent.
Biography
Teryan was born in Azerbaijan to an Armenian family and lost his father in World War II. He took up wrestling in 1945, first the Armenian Kokh, and then classical wrestling. His first coach was Andrew Danielian.
After graduating from school Teryan moved to Baku to study at the Baku Institute of Physical Education. He won the Soviet championships in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1950–54, and since 1952 competed internationally, winning an Olympic bronze medal that year. In 1953 he became the first wrestler from Azerbaijan to win a world title.[1] Domestically he also won the Soviet bantamweight title in freestyle wrestling. In 1955 he broke his clavicle after a motorcycle accident. He retired from competitions and became a wrestling coach at his sports society Dynamo Baku. In April 1970, he was killed in a domestic dispute. [2]
References
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- 1930 births
- 1970 deaths
- People from Ganja, Azerbaijan
- Soviet sport wrestlers
- Armenian sport wrestlers
- Olympic wrestlers of the Soviet Union
- Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Male sport wrestlers
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Soviet Armenians
- Azerbaijani Armenians
- Murdered sportspeople
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics