Vaghinak Galstyan (, born 7 November 1973) is a retired Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a World Champion, winning gold in 2001. Galstyan was awarded the Honored Master of Sports of Armenia title in 2009.

Galstyan is only the second Wrestling World Champion in Greco-Roman wrestling from the independent Republic of Armenia, after Aghasi Manukyan. He was voted the Armenian Athlete of the Year for 2001. Galstyan also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics.

Vaghinak Galstyan

He became the head of Armenia's sports organizations, sports and youth policy department of the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs in 2014. On 24 September 2015, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Gratitude for his contributions.

Vaghinak Galstyan

References

External links

Sports-Reference.com

1973 births

Living people

Sportspeople from Yerevan

Armenian male sport wrestlers

Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Olympic wrestlers for Armenia

World Wrestling Championships medalists

21st-century Armenian people

Vaghinak Galstyan