 However, after I became an Olympic champion, our government didn’t appreciate me.I was offered to return to Armenia only in 2001, but my demands remained unsatisfied.”

Following the 1996 Olympics, Nazaryan moved up from the flyweight (52 kg) weight class to the heavier featherweight (58 kg) division.Nazaryan became a European Wrestling Champion in 1998 and 1999 in this new weight class.