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.
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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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Biography
editEduard 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
edit- ^ "1980 Summer Olympics". www.databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
External links
edit- 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)