Gokor Chivichyan

Gokor grew up on the streets as an aggressive child beating up others. When Gokor was 5 years old a studio owner invited Gokor to train at his place in wrestling, and Gokor turned out to be a natural. Within one year, Gokor would begin training in SamBo for at least 4 hours a day. In 1971 Gokor would compete and win all matches at the Armenian Junior National Sambo Championship. At the age of 9, Gokor would win his second championship in 1972. In 1973 Gokor made a big step and started training and competing in Judo. He won the Armenian Junior National Championship and experience his first loss against the reigning champion, which motivated him to train even harder. And he was very successful since he won all his Judo and Sambo tournaments between 1974 and 1979. In 1981 Gokor and his family moved to Los Angeles in the US. One year later Gokor started training even harder and even worked with the legendary Gene 'Judo' Lebell. Gokor was determined to be an Olympic winner. His competitio