He competed in the 57 kg division at the 2016 Olympics, but was eliminated in the first bout.

Mnatsakanyan first practiced taekwondo and then boxing before he began wrestling at the age of 10.

[3] Making his senior wrestling debut in 2010, Mnatsakanyan came in third at the 2016 Stepan Sargsyan Tournament and later competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in London.

His younger brother, Tigran Mnatsakanyan, also a freestyle wrestler.

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