the bronze medal match to win the Olympic bronze medal, Nazaryan's third and final Olympic medal. Despite the Olympic upset, Nazaryan won his third World Wrestling Championship gold medal in 2005. Nazaryan next competed at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, where he was defeated in the first round in a poor performance. In 2007, Nazaryan was inducted as a member of the FILA Hall of Fame. Nazaryan made a comeback at the 2008 European Wrestling Championships, where he came in second place, thus qualifying for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Although he defeated reigning World Wrestling Champion David Berdinadze in the first round, Nazaryan competed without any medal success. Nazaryan has not competed since the 2008 Olympics. After three years of inactivity, Nazaryan returned to sports to attempt to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics. However, after receiving an injury, Nazaryan was forced to abandon any hopes of returning to the Olympics. Post career On 23 November 2012, Nazaryan became the head coach of the Bulgarian national Greco-Roman wrestling team. When asked if he wouldn't like to coach the Armenian national Greco-Roman wrestling team, Nazaryan praised the coaching of the Armenian national Greco-Roman wrestling head coach Levon Julfalakyan as doing everything to give good results. Nazaryan also expressed a desire for the Armenian and Bulgarian wrestling teams to practice together. He was named the Coach of the year (for all sports) in Bulgaria for 2013. Personal life Armen is married to Inga Nazaryan. He has two sons and one daughter. His son Edmond Nazaryan also competes in Greco-Roman wrestling and in 2020 he won the gold medal in the 55 kg event at the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy. References External links 1974 births Living people People from Masis Bulgarian male sport wrestlers Armenian male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers of Armenia Olympic wrestlers of Bulgaria Olympic gold medalists for Armenia Olympic gold medalists for Bulgaria Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists Bulgarian wrestling coaches National team coaches Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Bulgarian people of Armenian descent Naturalised citizens of Bulgaria European Wrestling Championships medalists