Hobbies
Football, volleyball. (sport.mediamax.am, 16 Jun 2021)
Occupation
Athlete
Family
Wife Anahit Shegunts, two children including daughter Alisa
Spoken languages
Armenian, Russian
Club
La Sottevillaise: Sotteville-lès-Rouen, FRA
Coach
Hakob Serobyan [national]
International senior debut
2011
Injuries
He suffered a back injury in 2020. (armenia.in-the.news, 31 Mar 2020)
Start sporting career
He took up the sport at age seven in Yerevan, Armenia.
Reason for taking up the sport
"I was an agile, active child. My parents took me to gymnastics classes to spend my extra energy in the training hall. I gradually became fond of the sport and stayed in it."
Milestones
He became the first artistic gymnast representing Armenia to win a gold medal at the world championships when he was victorious on vault at the 2022 edition of the tournament in Liverpool, England. (SportsDeskOnline, 17 Nov 2022; olympics.com, 06 Nov 2022)
He became the first artistic gymnast representing Armenia to win a medal at the Olympic Games when he claimed bronze on vault at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. (SportsDeskOnline, 27 Sep 2021; gymnastics.sport, 08 Aug 2021)
Ambitions
To win a gold medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (asbarez.com, 10 Nov 2022)
Awards
In 2022 he received the Order of Merit to the Fatherland [first class] from the president of Armenia. (primeminister.am, 30 Dec 2022)
He was named among the 10 Best Athletes of the Year for 2021 and 2022 by the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Armenia. (primeminister.am, 30 Dec 2022; newsarmenia.am, 21 Dec 2021)
He was named one of the Top 10 Armenian Athletes of 2016 by the Federation of Sports Journalists of Armenia. (theguardian.com, 27 Dec 2016)
Last update : 2024-07-22