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    London Olympics: 25 athletes to represent Armenia

    by Emil Sanamyan

    Washington - Twenty-five athletes will represent Armenia at the Olympics games in London that start on July 27. The same number went to the games in China in 2008, when Armenians won a total of six bronze medals.

    Of the 25 this time, seven will compete in wrestling, six in weightlifting, four in track & field, two in swimming, two in judo and one each in boxing, taekwondo, gymnastics and shooting. Four of the athletes are women, including two in weightlifting and one each in track and swimming.

    Armenia's team includes such veterans as Norayr Bakhtamyan, 41 in shooting and Armen Nazarian, 30, in judo, for whom this will be their third Olympics. 2008 Olympic bronze medalists Tigran Martirosyan, 24 (weightlifting) and Yuri Patrikeyev, 32 (wrestling) will take another shot at the medals.

    At 18, swimmer Anahit Barseghyan is the youngest Armenian athlete in the London games; 19-year-old gymnast Artur Davtyan is the second youngest.

    The 2012 European gold medalist in wrestling, 20-year-old Artur Aleksanyan and 25-year-old weightlifter Norayr Vardanyan, trained by his 1980 Olympic gold medalist father Yuri Vardanyan, are among those most favored to win medals.

    Gyumri has the biggest representation on the team, with nine of the Olympians coming from Armenia's second-largest city; eight are from Yerevan; Vanadzor, Echmiadzin, Bagramian, Hrazdan and Kasakh are represented by one athlete each; three athletes are natives of Russia. (The full list is below.)

    In 2008, three of Armenia's medals came in weightlifting, two in wrestling and one in boxing. None of the 18 athletes taking part in 2004 games won medals and one bronze in weightlifting was gained by the 24-person representation in 2000. 32 athletes represented Armenia in the 1996 Atlanta games winning a total of one gold and one silver, both in wrestling.

    Other teams

    At least seven ethnic Armenian athletes will represent other nations.

    Armenia natives Misha Aloyan (boxing, 52 kg) and Arsen Galstyan (judo, 60 kg) along with Baku-born David Ayrapetyan (boxing, 49 kg) are on the Russian team.

    Artur Ayvazyan, the Yerevan-born 2008 Olympic gold medalist, will again represent Ukraine in shooting; and Vladikavkaz, Russia-born Vazgen Safaryants will represent Belarus (boxing, 60 kg).

    Two out of 14 athletes representing Lebanon are Armenian. Tvin Moumjoghlian, 23, from Bourj Hammoud, will compete in table tennis; and Gretta Taslakian, 27, from Ghadir, in 200m sprint.

    Armenia's Caucasus neighbors Georgia and Azerbaijan will be represented by 35 and 53 athletes, respectively. But whereas nearly all of Georgia's athletes are from home-grown, most of Azerbaijan's team is comprised of foreigners recruited through financial inducements. These including eleven athletes from Russia, six from Ukraine, five from Bulgaria, three from Belarus, two from Georgia, two from Ethiopia and one from Iran.

    Armenia's Olympians, 2012:

    Name, Age Competition

    Artur Aleksanyan, 20 Greco-Roman wrestling, 96 kg

    Norayr Bakhtamyan, 41 Pistol and Air Pistol shooting

    Anahit Barseghyan, 18 Swimming, 100 m backstroke

    Meline Daluzyan, 24 Women's weightlifting, 69 kg

    Artur Davtyan, 19 Gymnastics

    Hovhannes Davtyan, 28 Judo, 60 kg

    Andranik Hakobyan, 30 Boxing, 75 kg

    Kristine Harutyunyan, 21 Javelin throw

    Mihran Jaburyan, 27 Freestyle wrestling, 55 kg

    Melik Janoyan, 27 Javelin throw


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    Re: 2012 London Olympics and the Armenian Olympics Team

    anybody have video of our flag ceremony?
    Մեկ Ազգ, Մեկ Մշակույթ
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    "Western Assimilation is the greatest threat to the Armenian nation since the Armenian Genocide."

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      Re: 2012 London Olympics and the Armenian Olympics Team

      Jan !

      Olympics: Armenian judoka Davtyan beats Azerbaijan’s Mushkiyev
      Olympics: Armenian judoka Davtyan beats Azerbaijan’s Mushkiyev
      July 28, 2012 - 14:56 AMT

      PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian judoka Hovhannes Davtyan (60 kg) beat Azerbaijan’s Ildar Mushkiyev in London Olympics 2nd qualification round.

      Current victory followed Davtyan’s win over Germany’s Tobias Englmaier in the 1st qualification round.

      The Armenian judoka will face off against Canadian or Kazakh contender in the next round.

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        One of the best weightlifters of Armenia and the world; Tigran Martirosyan (77kg) got an injury during trainings in London, perhaps he will not participate in the Olympics.

        Alas ...
        Last edited by gegev; 07-28-2012, 04:08 AM.

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          Armenian Athlete Secures First Olympic Gold for Russia

          LONDON (A.W.)Armenian athlete Arsen Galstyan secured Russiaï's first Olympic gold in the 60-kilogram judo competition.

          In the semi-final and final rounds, Galstyan defeated double world champion Rishod Sobirov (Uzbekistan) and Hiroaki Hiraoka (Japan) respectively.

          Commentators deemed Galstyan�s victory a surprise, as he is ranked number five in the world.

          Galstyan had won the bronze medal in the most recent Judo world championships.

          Galstyan was born in Armenia on Feb. 19, 1989. The 5'7" (170 cm) athlete is coached by Igor Romanov. He sometimes trains with his two brothers, Arman and Tigran.

          "When I have nobody to train with, I [recruit] one of my brothers. It seems to me that my victories give them additional stimulation to train and win," he told Judolinda.ru in an interview published last year.


          LONDON (A.W.)—Armenian athlete Arsen Galstyan secured Russia’s first Olympic gold in the 60-kilogram judo competition on July 28. It was also Russia first Olympic gold in judo since the break-up of the Soviet Union. In [...]
          Last edited by Mher; 07-28-2012, 01:37 PM.

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            Re: 2012 London Olympics and the Armenian Olympics Team

            Originally posted by gegev View Post
            One of the best weightlifters of Armenia and the world; Tigran Martirosyan (77kg) got an injury during trainings in London, perhaps he will not participate in the Olympics.

            Alas ...



            Injured Armenian weightlifter to be back from London on Jul. 29


            Armenia’s Olympic weightlifter, Tigran Martirosyan, is returning from London on Sunday.


            The sportsman. who was earlier reported to have suffered a back injury during a training session, will not participate in 2012 Olympic Games.


            Sources close to Martirosyan have told ArmSport.am that the sportsman (weight class: 77kg.) lifted very heavy bars in Russia’s Podolsk city, while preparing for a new world record. The doctors treating the weightlifter have said his complete recovery will be impossible within a short time period.


            Martirosyan was declared a world champion in the 2010 World Cup held in Turkey’s Antalia resprt. He thus became the first ever Armenian weightlifter to win a gold medal in a male tournament.

            Sources close to Martirosyan have told ArmSport.am that the sportsman lifted very heavy bars in Russia’s Podolsk city ...

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            maybe Armenia's best chance for Gold :/
            Last edited by Mher; 07-29-2012, 04:48 AM.

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              LONDON (A.W.)—On Aug. 5, Armenia’s Arsen Julfalakian won silver in the 74 kg. category of Greco-Roman wrestling at the Olympics in London. Earlier that day, Hripsime Khurshudyan secured a bronze medal for Armenia in the [...]


              Silver and Bronze
              General Antranik (1865-1927): “I am not a nationalist. I recognize only one nation, the nation of the oppressed.”

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                Re: 2012 London Olympics and the Armenian Olympics Team

                Which is pretty awesome when you consider that Turkey has no medals. Now we either need to get 2 more bronzes, or one more silver, or a gold to beat Azerbaijan in the rankings

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                  Originally posted by Joseph View Post

                  gold would have been great, but the fact that he beat an Azeri to get to the final is more than enough for me

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                    Re: 2012 London Olympics and the Armenian Olympics Team

                    Do we know if any of the people on Iran's team are Armenian descent? I mean none of these surnames particularly strike me as Armenian, and I know some persian last names also end with -yan/ian, but then again you never know.

                    Noshad Alamiyan
                    Mohammed Bidaryan
                    Ebrahim Rahimian
                    Hamid Mohammad Soryan Reihanpour
                    Ahmadreza Talebian

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