Hobbies
Football, volleyball. (sport.mediamax.am, 16 Jun 2021)
Occupation
Athlete
Education
Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture, Yerevan, ARM
Family
Wife Anahit Shegunts, one daughter
Spoken languages
Armenian, Russian
Club
KTV Obere Lahn [Germany]
Coach
Hakob Serobyan [national]
Sporting relatives
His older brother Vahagn has represented Armenia in artistic gymnastics, winning silver in rings at the European championships in 2016 and bronze in 2019. (SportsDeskOnline, 16 Sep 2019; gymnovosti.com, 20 Jul 2019)
International senior debut
2011 for Armenia, European Championships in Berlin, Germany (sport.mediamax.am, 16 Jun 2021)
Injuries
He suffered a back injury in 2020. (armenia.in-the.news, 31 Mar 2020)
Start sporting career
He took up the sport in 1998. (fig-gymnastics.com, 05 Sep 2011)
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." (sport.mediamax.am, 19 May 2016)
Milestones
He became the first artistic gymnast from Armenia to win a medal at the Olympic Games when he claimed bronze on the vault at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. (gymnastics.sport, 08 Aug 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 27 Sep 2021)
Ambitions
To win a medal at Olympic Games. (armenia.in-the.news, 31 Mar 2020)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning gold on the pommel horse at the 2021 European Championships in Basel, Switzerland. (sport.mediamax.am, 16 Jun 2021)
Awards
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 : 2021-09-27