Norik Koczarian is a Freestyle Wrestler from Belfast RedHog Team. He started wrestling in 1999 when he was 13. For the first couple of years he was competing in a number of novice competitions. From there he wrestled in the Polish Championships, in Slovakia, Ukraine in multiple competitions. The best achievement he took in his first year of Junior (18 years old) was in the Polish Championship coming 5th. In 2006 he moved to Ireland where after 3 years of being absent from the sport he came back to wrestling. After a month of training with National, Commonwealth and Talent Development Coach John O’Rawe, he competed in the Northern Ireland Open where he took bronze. From that point he wrestled in multiple competitions in Ireland, UK and International level.
Top Achievements:
- 2009 Northern Irish Open- Bronze
- 2009 Northern Irish Closed – Gold
- 2009 Irish Open – Gold
- 2009 British Championship – 4th
- 2011 Irish Open – silver
- 2012 Northern Irish Open – Gold
- 2012 Irish Open – Gold
- 2012 Malta Open – Gold
- 2013 Northern Irish Open – Bronze
- 2013 British Championship – 4th
- 2013 Welsh Open Bronze
- 2013 Irish Open Gold
- 2013 Aspull international- silver
- 2013 Malta Open – Gold
- 2014 English Open – Silver
- 2014 British Open – 4th
- 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.