Norayr Musheghian was born on 2 November 1935 in Yerevan to Armenian parents , survivors of Armenian Genocide from Mush and Sebastia who arrived in Yerevan as orphan children . The first sport Musheghian took up was gymnastics , but due to injury he was forced to abandon it . He began wrestling in 1952 under the coaching of Artashes Nazaryan . Initially , he could not choose between freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling , but ultimately chose to specialize in freestyle wrestling . He graduated from the Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture in 1957
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Norayr Musheghyan