Name Hovhannes Varderesyan Role Player | Height 1.66 m Weight 66 kg | |
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Hovhannes Varderesyan (Armenian: Հովհաննես Վարդերեսյան, born 12 February 1989) is an Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler.
He started wrestling in 1996. Varderesyan won a bronze medal at the 2006 Cadet European Championships and a bronze medal at the 2009 Junior World Championships.
Varderesyan was a member of the Armenian Greco-Roman wrestling team at the 2010 Wrestling World Cup. The Armenian team came in third place.
He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's Greco-Roman 66 kg division. Varderesyan was defeated by eventual gold medalist Kim Hyeon-Woo. While at London, basketball player Kobe Bryant posted a picture on his Facebook wall of Varderesyan and Anthony Davis.
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