Eduard Azaryan
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| Born | 11 April 1958 (age 66) Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
| Residence | Yerevan, Armenia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
| Club | SKA Yerevan | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Eduard Azaryan (Armenian: Էդուարդ Ազարյան, born 11 April 1958) is a former Soviet Armenian artistic gymnast. He is an Olympic Champion and four-time Soviet Champion. Azaryan was awarded the Honoured Master of Sport of the USSR title in 1980. He is the son of Albert Azaryan.
Biography
[edit]Eduard started gymnastics in his early childhood under the guidance of his father, a three-time Olympic champion Albert Azaryan. In 1978, Eduard Azaryan became USSR champion in the team all-around and joined the USSR national gymnastics team. In the same year, Azaryan won a bronze medal at the World Cup in the individual all-around and a silver medal at the 1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in the team all-around.
Azaryan competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in every artistic gymnastic event. He won a gold medal in the team all-around.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ "1980 Summer Olympics". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Eduard Azaryan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016.
External links
[edit]- Eduard Azarian at Olympics.com
- Eduard Azaryan at Olympic.org (archived)
- Eduard Azaryan at Olympedia (archive)
- sportgymnastics.ru at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 July 2012) (in Russian)
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- 1958 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Yerevan
- Soviet male artistic gymnasts
- Armenian male artistic gymnasts
- Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
- Olympic gymnasts for the Soviet Union
- Gymnasts at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Soviet Armenians
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships