He practiced sports, received a yellow belt in karate, and engaged in other types of martial arts, including boxing.

[1] On the nights of 1–2 April 2016 The Republic of Azerbaijan made a large-scale attack on Artsakh It is known as the 2016 Four Day War.

Sahakyan was serving in a border guard battalion, in the morning of April 1 he ascended to the post, at the very night Azerbaijan attacked Artsakh.

Sahakyan acted according to the combat duty, and due to this the enemy was not able to win the position for 4–5 hours.

On 28 May 2016 Sahakyan was awarded by the Republic of Armenia State Medal of Valor by decree of the RA President Serzh Sargsyan.