Artur Aleksanyan

Artur Aleksanyan
	Aleksanyan in 2016
Personal information
Native name	Արթուր Ալեքսանյան
Full name	Artur Aleksanyan
Nickname	White Bear
Nationality	Armenian
Born	21 October 1991; Gyumri, Armenia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	98 kg (216 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Greco-Roman
Coached by	Gevorg Aleksanyan
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing Armenia
Olympic Games ;
World Championships
European Games
European Championships
World Juniors Championships

Artur Aleksanyan (Armenian: Արթուր Ալեքսանյան, born 21 October 1991) is an Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a gold medalist Olympic Champion (2016) as well as silver medalist (2021, 2024) and bronze medalist (2012), a four-time World Champion (2014, 2015, 2017, 2022), and a seven-time European Champion (2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2024). Aleksanyan is the second Olympic gold medalist of Armenia since regaining independence in 1991 and is the most decorated Olympian of independent Armenia as well. He has been nicknamed the "White Bear" by a sport journalist Karen Giloyan and is one of the most successful Armenian athletes of the 21st century.