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Artur Ayvazyan

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Artur Surenovych Ayvazyan (Armenian: Արթուր Այվազյան; Ukrainian: Артур Суренович Айвазян, born 14 January 1973) is an Olympic shooter for Ukraine and Russia who won a gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Born in Armenia, Ayvazyan took up shooting in 1985 and moved to Ukraine in 1990, when he competed in his first major international tournament as a junior. He won one medal as a junior, in 1993, before moving up to the senior division in 1994. He moved to Simferopol in 1997 to train with a new coach and captured his first ISSF World Cup victory the following year. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Artur Ayvazyan is the 2,921st most popular athlete (up from 3,108th in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from Armenia (up from 115th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Armenian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Artur Ayvazyan ranks 2,921 out of 6,025. Before him are Adam Nelson, Andreas Tews, Ekaterini Thanou, Jesús Ángel García Bragado, Nijel Amos, and Kristina Mundt. After him are Wayde van Niekerk, Brigitte Kraus, Robert Změlík, Quentin Fillon Maillet, Nikolaj Pešalov, and Stoyanka Kurbatova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Artur Ayvazyan ranks 587. Before him are Kevin Muscat, Caroline Corr, Igor González de Galdeano, Arnaud Beltrame, Dileep Rao, and Marcelo Ramos. After him are Emilio Alzamora, Brigitte Vasallo, Ermin Šiljak, Małgorzata Szumowska, Ferdinand Coly, and Ray Parlour.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Artur Ayvazyan ranks 102 out of 163. Before him are Artur Petrosyan (1971), Suren Nalbandyan (1956), Artur Aleksanyan (1991), Arthur Abraham (1980), Artashes Minasian (1967), and Narine Abgaryan (1971). After him are Vic Darchinyan (1976), Giorgio Petrosyan (1985), Sergei Alifirenko (1959), Mnatsakan Iskandaryan (1967), Gabriel Sargissian (1983), and Emmy (1984).

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Among ATHLETES In Armenia

Among athletes born in Armenia, Artur Ayvazyan ranks 7. Before him are Yurik Vardanyan (1956), Robert Emmiyan (1965), Igor Tselovalnikov (1944), Anna Chicherova (1982), Oksen Mirzoyan (1961), and Ara Abrahamian (1975). After him are Sergei Alifirenko (1959), Vitaliy Rahimov (1984), Hripsime Khurshudyan (1987), Dmitry Volkov (null), Gevorg Davtyan (1983), and Gor Minasyan (1994).

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