2012 London Olympics and the Armenian Olympics Team

[Mos]

Re: 2012 London Olympics and the Armenian Olympics Team

-ian is a popular suffix to Iranian last names. Even Ahmadnejad was born with a last name ending in -ian. Some Irish also have -ian suffix.

[Federate]

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

All of them except Noshad Alamiyan have Islamic overtones to either their first or last names so I doubt they are Armenian. As for Noshad, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noshad_Alamian so I don't think he's Armenian.

[ara87]

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

[Mher]

Re: 2012 London Olympics and the Armenian Olympics Team

http://www.armenianweekly.com/2012/0...e-at-olympics/

Silver and Bronze

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

[ara87]

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

[Joseph]

Re: 2012 London Olympics and the Armenian Olympics Team

http://www.armenianweekly.com/2012/08/05/armenian-athletes-win-silver-and-bronze-at-olympics/

Silver and Bronze

[Mher]

Re: 2012 London Olympics and the Armenian Olympics Team

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.

http://www.tert.am/en/news/2012/07/28/tigran-coming-back/

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maybe Armenia's best chance for Gold :/

[Mher]

Re: 2012 London Olympics and the Armenian Olympics Team

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.

http://www.armenianweekly.com/2012/07/28/armenian-athlete-secures-first-olympic-gold-for-russia/

[gegev]

Re: 2012 London Olympics and the Armenian Olympics Team

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 ...

[haydavid]

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.