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Armenian artistic gymnast (born 1984)

Harutyun Merdinyan
Personal information
Full name Harutyun Merdinyan
Born (1984-08-16) 16 August 1984 (age 40)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 OlympicRelay Sport Schoolof Gymnastics
Head coach(es) Sos Sargsyan
Medal record Men's artistic gymnastics Representing Armenia World Championships Bronze medal – third place 2015 Glasgow Pommel Horse Bronze medal – third place 2022 Liverpool Pommel Horse European Championships Gold medal – first place 2016 Bern Pommel Horse Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich Pommel Horse Silver medal – second place 2015 Montpellier Pommel Horse Bronze medal – third place 2011 Berlin Pommel Horse Bronze medal – third place 2012 Montpellier Pommel Horse Bronze medal – third place 2017 Cluj-Napoca Pommel Horse

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

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  1. ^ a b c "Harutyun Merdinyan". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "2015 World Gymnastics Championships Athlete Profiles – Harutyun Merdinyan". 2015worldgymnastics.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  4. ^ "MERDINYAN Harutyun - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2024-03-01.

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vteEuropean Champions in Artistic Gymnastics—Men's Pommel Horse
1955: Boris Shakhlin (URS) 1957: Joaquín Blume (ESP) 1959: Yuri Titov (URS) 1961: Miroslav Cerar (YUG) 1963: Miroslav Cerar (YUG) 1965: Viktor Lisitsky (URS) 1967: Mikhail Voronin (URS) 1969: Miroslav Cerar (YUG) Wilhelm Kubica (POL) 1971: Nikolai Andrianov (URS) 1973: Zoltán Magyar (HUN) 1975: Zoltán Magyar (HUN) 1977: Zoltán Magyar (HUN) 1979: Alexander Dityatin (URS) György Guczoghy (HUN) 1981: György Guczoghy (HUN) 1983: György Guczoghy (HUN) 1985: Dmitry Bilozerchev (URS) 1987: Valeri Liukin (URS) 1989: Valentin Mogilny (URS) 1990: Valentin Mogilny (URS) 1992: Vitaly Scherbo (BLR) 1994: Marius Urzică (ROM) 1996: Li Donghua (SUI) 1998: Éric Poujade (FRA) 2000: Marius Urzică (ROU) 2002: Marius Urzică (ROU) 2004: Ioan Silviu Suciu (ROU) 2005: Krisztián Berki (HUN) 2006: Flavius Koczi (ROU) 2007: Krisztián Berki (HUN) 2008: Krisztián Berki (HUN) 2009: Krisztián Berki (HUN) 2010: Dan Keatings (GBR) 2011: Krisztián Berki (HUN) 2012: Krisztián Berki (HUN) 2013: Dan Keatings (GBR) 2014: Max Whitlock (GBR) 2015: Louis Smith (GBR) 2016: Harutyun Merdinyan (ARM) 2017: David Belyavskiy (RUS) 2018: Rhys McClenaghan (IRL) 2019: Max Whitlock (GBR) 2020: Matvei Petrov (ALB) 2021: Artur Davtyan (ARM) 2022: Harutyun Merdinyan (ARM) 2023: Rhys McClenaghan (IRL) 2024: Rhys McClenaghan (IRL)
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