Andre Agasi????

[sad_eyes]

Yeah he is part armenian. I absolutley adore him. Very cute man.

[Iran Forever]

Re: Andre Agasi????

Agassi's parents immigrated from Iran...his father is an Iranian Armenian who won a gold medal for Iran in boxing (Olympics) and mother is Assyrian. We like to think of him as Iranian first...hehehe...but then I'll admit we're biased...he has Armenian blood for sure and Armenians are among the best and most loyal citizens we have in Iran. We have had nothing but good come from our Armenians. The main supplier of mortadella salami in Iran was an Armenian whose company was named Arzouman, and there was not a single sandwich shop in Tehran that didn't use Arzouman products. There were two other Armenian companies that supplied lunch meats to Iranian delis and restaurants but I forgot the name...I will ask my Iranian Armenian friend.

[HyeWayCop]

Re: Andre Agasi????

Madhandle how can u find it disrespectful if ur last name is vut short 2 maybe your no tmad at agassi maybe your mad at yourself & even if ur mad at agassi who cares he doesnt know that you exist.

[ace]

Re: Andre Agasi????

I guess cutting off the "ian" means your cutting off your "Armenian roots." Maybe thats what he means.

[HyeWayCop]

Re: Andre Agasi????

MayBe its because Agassi is kayf.

[govchris]

Re: Andre Agasi????

Maybe I just don't follow tennis cause I have more important things to do?

In any case, Andre Agassi was featured in this month's Mosaix magazine along with other Armenian athletes. Regarding the match he won against Sargis Sargisian, known as the "Armenian Match," he was quoted as having said: "Well, I'm only half Armenian."

Now maybe it's just overly proudful nature, but any true armenian, half or not, wouldn't have gone out of their way to point out they are only half... to me that just means he thinks of himself as less than Armenian, and to me that makes him useless in the big picture. Then again i could also just be reading into it too much as I tend to do.

Oh and he's not half Assyrian, his mom's name is Betty and is American.

OK, ONCE AND FOR ALL, LEAVE THE GUY ALONE!

My relatives personally know the Agassi family, and this is the story, YES he is Armenian, and his mom is American but it's like she's Armenian too, makes good dolma too.

Anyway, so when agassi was starting out, as a young teen, he and his family asked the rich armenian community to step up and support one of their own, BUT, the greedy armenians sorta said "piss off" we're not interested, so Agassi found support thru the anglo-community and he sorta didnt embrace being armenian for a little while, but he loves bing Armenian, and yes he even knows simple armenian..