Vougar Oroudjov
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Men's Freestyle Wrestling
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Olympic Games | |||
Bronze | 1992 Barcelona, Spain | 48 kg
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World Championships | |||
Gold | 1991 Varna, Belarus | 48 kg | |
Silver | 1993 Toronto, Canada | 48 kg | |
Gold | 1995 Atlanta, U.S. | 48 kg
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World Cup | |||
Gold | 1995 Chattanooga, U.S. | 48 kg
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European Championships | |||
Bronze | 1991 Stuttgart, Germany | 48 kg | |
Silver | 1992 Kaposvar, Hungary | 48 kg | |
Gold | 1995 Fribourg, Switzerland | 48 kg | |
Bronze | 1996 Budapest, Hungary | 48 kg |
Vougar Oroudjov (born 26 October 1971) is a two time freestyle wrestling world champion and an Olympic bronze medalist from Azerbaijan. He competed in both the 1992 Summer Olympics, where he compeated for the Unified Team, and the1996 Summer Olympics, taking third and fourth respectively. He is currently an assistant coach at Nassau Community College which is located in East Garden City, New York.
In 2008, Vougar's son, Syosset H.S. sophomore Nick Arujau, won the New York State title competing in the 112-pound weight class. Arujau was the State runner-up in 2007 competing at 103-pounds.