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Originally posted by TigranJamharian
I did a biography search out of curiousity. Agassi is partly Armenian and partly Assyrian. I'm just confused on the parts.
Agassi, whose Iranian-born father is half Armenian[1] and half Assyrian, is a native and resident of Las Vegas, Nevada. His father, Emmanuel "Mike" Agassi a Assyrian, was a boxer for Iran at the 1948 and 1952 Olympic Games, before emigrating to the United States. His mother, Elizabeth Agassi, is an American.
Mike and Elizabeth Agassi emigrated to the United States from Iran. In Iran, Mike Agassi had been a boxer. He had boxed for Iran in the 1952 Olympics. In the US, the Agassis lived in Las Vegas, and Mike became a tennis instructor.
Born in Las Vegas, Nevada, to Iranian father Emmanuel "Mike" Agassi, and American mother Elizabeth Agassi, Andre Kirk Agassi played tennis from a young age. His father, who was half Armenian and half Assyrian had been a formidable athlete and a Golden Gloves champ for Iran. Mike Agassi participated in the 1948 and 1952 Olympic Games as a boxer for Iran.
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