Harutyun Merdinyan
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| Full name | Harutyun Merdinyan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 August 1984 Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Armenia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 1999–present (ARM) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior international elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Albert Azaryan Olympic Relay Sport School of Gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Sos Sargsyan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Harutyun Merdinyan (Armenian: Հարություն Մերդինյան; born August 16, 1984) is an Armenian male artistic gymnast and a member of the national team. A pommel horse specialist, he is a two-time European champion from 2016 and 2022 and a two-time world championships bronze medalist from 2015 and 2022. His 2016 European gold was the first artistic gymnastics continental title for independent Armenia.[2]
He participated at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow,[3] and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics,[1] where he finished seventh in the pommel horse final after being limited by a wrist pain and fatigue.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Harutyun Merdinyan". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "Մարմնամարզություն. Հարություն Մերդինյանը' Եվրոպայի չեմպիոն | ArmFootball.com | Հայկական ֆուտբոլ և ոչ միայն..." ArmFootball. 2016-05-29. Archived from the original on 2016-05-30. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
- ^ "2015 World Gymnastics Championships Athlete Profiles – Harutyun Merdinyan". 2015worldgymnastics.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ "MERDINYAN Harutyun - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
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