Aik Mnatsakanian Explained
Aik Mnatsakanian (Armenian: Հայկ Մնացականյան; Bulgarian: Айк Мнацаканян; born 14 October 1995) is a Georgian-born Bulgarian sport wrestler of Armenian descent who competes in the men's Greco Roman category. He has claimed two bronze medals in the World Wrestling Championships both in the men's 72 kg category in 2018 and in 2019. He competed in the men's 77 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2] [3]
In March 2021, he competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4] He did not qualify at this tournament but he was able to qualify at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[2]
He won one of the bronze medals in the 77 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[5] He competed in the 77kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[6]
He earned a quota place for Bulgaria for the 2024 Summer Olympics at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[7]
Notes and References
- Web site: Rusev, Dimitar. bntnews.bg. Нашите олимпийски борци извън тепиха. 21 July 2021. 30 July 2021.
- News: Shefferd. Neil. 8 May 2021. Armenia and Romania book multiple Tokyo 2020 places at UWW World Olympic Games qualifier. InsideTheGames.biz. 8 May 2021.
- Web site: Wrestling Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf. 7 August 2021. 8 August 2021. 2020 Summer Olympics.
- Web site: 2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf. 24 March 2021. 24 March 2021. United World Wrestling.
- News: Pavitt . Michael . 2 April 2022 . Kayaalp continues Greco-Roman domination at European Wrestling Championships . . 2 April 2022.
- Web site: 2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. . 18 September 2022 . 18 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240514204605/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf . 14 May 2024 . 14 May 2024 . United World Wrestling.