Eduard Azaryan | |||||||||||||||
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Country represented | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
Born | 11 April 1958 Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union | (age 66)||||||||||||||
Residence | Yerevan, Armenia | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
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
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]
References
- ^ "1980 Summer Olympics". www.databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
External links
- Eduard Azaryan at Olympics.com
- Eduard Azaryan at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Eduard Azaryan at databaseSports.com at archive.today (archived 21 January 2013)
- sportgymnastics.ru at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 July 2012) (in Russian)
- 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