Gyumri, Shirak

1. Seda Tutkhalyan (1999)

Gymnast

Competitive gymnast who caught the public's eye after becoming the 2014 Youth Olympic Games Individual All-Around champion. She went on to win a team silver medal at the 2016 Olympic Games.

2. Hovhannes Shiraz (1915)

Poet

Armenian poet known for Beginning of Spring, Biblian, and other works. Over the course of his career, he published close to forty volumes of lyric poetry.

3. Ara Abrahamian (1975)

Swedish Greco-roman Wrestler

Armenian-Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler who won a silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics and was disqualified at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

4. Samvel Manukyan (1974)

Olympic Wrestler

Samvel Manukyan is an Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the men's 68 kg division. Samvel is the younger brother of Olympic medalist wrestler Mkhitar...

5. Artur Aleksanyan (1991)

Armenian Wrestler

Artur Aleksanyan is an Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler.

6. Felix Khojoyan (1974)

Footballer

x Khojoyan is an Armenian football manager and former player. Felix was also a member of the Armenia national team has been capped 18 times. Currently he is working as...

7. Kristine Harutyunyan (1991)

Olympic Javelin Thrower

Kristine Harutyunyan is an Armenian javelin thrower. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's javelin throw. Harutyunyan placed 38th with a mark of 47. 65 metres. Her...

8. Ararat Harutyunyan (1975)

Footballer

Ararat Harutyunyan is an Armenian retired footballer. He currently is the manager and sporting director of Armenian Premier League club Shirak Gyumri.

9. Armen Tigranyan (1985)

Footballer

ser see Armen Tigranian. Armen Tigranyan is an Armenian football midfielder. He currently plays for the Armenian Premier League club Shirak FC. He was also a member of the Armenia...

10. Arshak Sarkissian (Unknow)

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11. Art Hovhannisyan (1981)

Armenian Boxer

Artyom Art Hovhannisyan is an Armenian-American professional boxer residing in Glendale California. He is an undefeated prospect in the super featherweight division.

12. Anna Petrosyan (1935)

Association Footballer

Anna Petrosyan is an Armenian professional footballer. She currently plays for Armenia.

13. Geghuni Hovannesi Chitchian (1929)

Composer

Geghuni Hovannesi Chitchian is an Armenian composer. She was born in Leninakan and studied at the Tchaikovsky Music School in Yerevan. She continued her studies in composition with Grigor Yeghiazarian...

14. Tigran Hamasyan (1987)

Armenian Musician

Tigran Hamasyan is an Armenian jazz pianist. He plays mostly original compositions which are strongly influenced by the Armenian folk tradition often using its scales and modalities.

15. Norayr Vardanyan (1987)

Armenian Weightlifter

Norayr Vardanyan is an Armenian weightlifter. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's 94 kg division. Norayr is the son of legendary weightlifter Yurik Vardanyan.

16. Artavazd Peleshyan (1938)

Armenian Film Director

Artavazd Ashoti Peleshyan is an Armenian director of film-essays a documentarian in the history of film art and a film theorist. However his work unlike Maya Deren's is not avant-garde...

17. Arsen Julfalakyan (1987)

Armenian Wrestler

Arsen Julfalakyan is an Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler.

18. Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan (1988)

Weightlifter

Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan is an Armenian weightlifter. He was awarded the Honored Master of Sports of Armenia title in 2009. Martirosyan is an Armenian Champion two-time European Champion World Champion...

19. Sargis Tonoyan (1988)

Olympic Wrestler

Sargis Tonoyan is an Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler. Tonoyan was a member of the Armenian Greco-Roman wrestling team at the 2010 FILA Wrestling World Cup. The Armenian team came in third...

20. Meline Daluzyan (1988)

Armenian Weightlifter

Meline Daluzyan is an Armenian weightlifter. She received the Honoured Master of Sports of Armenia title in 2006.

21. Armen Vardanyan (1982)

Olympic Wrestler

Armen Vardanyan is an Armenian-Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler. He has been awarded the Honoured Master of Sports Ukraine title.

22. Levon Mkrtchyan (1953)

Armenian Film Director

Levon Mkrtchyan is an Armenian director known for his documentaries Davit Anhaght Charentz: Known and Unknown Sides Jean Garzu Mesrop Mashtots My Komitas And There Was Light The Manuscript of...

23. Emil Kazaz (1953)

American Sculptor

Emanuel Ghazazian known as Emil Kazaz is an American-Armenian figurative sculptor and painter born on January 14 1953 in Gyumri Armenia. He was awarded one of the 5 sculpture gold...

24. Mger Mkrtchyan (1976)

Writer

25. Artiom Kiouregkian (1976)

Olympic Wrestler

Artiom Kiouregkian is a Greek-Armenian wrestler. He won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Greco-Roman wrestling.

26. Artyom Shaloyan (1976)

Olympic Weightlifter

Artyom Shaloyan is an Armenian-born German weightlifter. He won a bronze medal for the 69 kg class at the 1995 European Weightlifting Championships in Warsaw Poland. Shaloyan is currently a...

27. Ashot Mkhitaryan (1959)

Armenian Weightlifter And Coach

Dr. Ashot Mkhitaryan was the head of the National weightlifting team of the Republic of Armenia.

28. Eduard Arakelyan (1950)

Armenian Painter

Eduard Arakelyan is an Armenian painter.

29. Levon Julfalakyan (1964)

Olympic Wrestler

Levon Julfalakyan is a former Greco-Roman wrestler for the Soviet Union of Armenian descent. Julfalakyan was merited Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1988.

30. Karen Muradyan (1992)

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31. Armen Darbinyan (1965)

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Armen Darbinyan was born in Gyumri Armenia on January 23 1965. In 1986 he received an honors degree at the Department of Economy Moscow State University. In 1989 Darbinyan completed...

32. Karen Israelyan (1992)

American Footballer

Karen Israelyan is an Armenian professional football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Armenian Premier League club Pyunik Yerevan is also a member Armenia national and U-21 teams.

33. Ararat Sarkissian (1956)

Armenian Artist

Ararat Sarkissian is an Armenian artist who was born in Gyumri in 1956. He currently lives in Yerevan. He is a Member of the European Academy of Natural Sciences and...

34. Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan (1968)

Weightlifter

Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan was an Armenian weightlifter. He set two world records in the snatch. Kyapanaktsyan was born in Leninakan Armenian SSR a city known for producing elite weightlifters. He won...

35. Arthur Sarkissian (1960)

Armenian Artist And Painter

Arthur Sarkissian Armenian: Արթուր Սարգսյան is an Armenian artist and painter.

36. Israel Militosyan (1968)

Weightlifter

Israel Militosyan is an Armenian former weightlifter. He was awarded the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR title in 1989.

37. Yuriy A. Sergeyev (1956)

Ukrainian Diplomat And Politicia

Yuriy A. Sergeyev is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician who has served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations.

38. Sergei Babayan (1961)

Armenian Musician

Sergei Babayan is an Armenian-American concert pianist.

39. Flora Martirosian (1957)

Armenian Singer

Martirosian was an Armenian folk singer founder Artists for Peace Foundation and initiator of the cultural movement Never Again.

40. Gevorg Davtyan (1983)

Weightlifter

Gevorg Davtyan is an Armenian weightlifter. Davtyan received the Master of Sport of Armenia International Class title in 2001 Best Sportsman of Armenia award in 2007 and Honored Master of...

41. Aghvan Grigoryan (1969)

Armenian Weightlifter

Aghvan Grigoryan is an Armenian retired weightlifter. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the men's 99 kg division. Grigoryan was also the flag bearer for Armenia at the...

42. Sergo Chakhoyan (1969)

Australian Weightlifter

Sergo Chakhoyan is an Armenian weightlifter who later represented Australia.

43. David Manukyan (1969)

Olympic Wrestler

David Manukyan is a Ukrainian Greco Roman wrestler of Armenian descent. He came in fourth place at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

44. Karapet Mikaelyan (1969)

Footballer

Karapet Mikaelyan is a former Russia born Armenian football striker. Karapet was also a member of Armenia national team participated in 20 international matches and scored 2 goals since his...

45. Hovhannes Davtyan (1983)

Armenian Judoka

Hovhannes Davtyan is an Armenian judoka. He fights in the under 60 kg and is very tall compared to the other fighters in his weight division.

46. Tigran Vardan Martirosyan (1983)

Weightlifter

Tigran Vardan Martirosyan is an Armenian weightlifter. He is 175 cm tall. Martirosyan was awarded the Honored Master of Sports of Armenia title in 2009.

47. Karen Aleksanyan (1980)

Footballer

Karen Aleksanyan is an Armenian football midfielder. He currently plays for the Armenian Premier League club Shirak FC. He was also a member of the Armenia national team and has...

48. Hovhannes Barseghyan (1970)

Armenian Weightlifter

Hovhannes Barseghyan is an Armenian retired weightlifter. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the men's 76 kg division. Barseghyan also won a bronze medal at the 1995 European...

49. Tsolak Yeghishyan (1970)

Olympic Wrestler

Tsolak Yeghishyan is an Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the men's 90 kg division.

50. Harutyun Vardanyan (1970)

Footballer

Harutyun Vardanyan is a former Armenian football player who played defender for the Armenian national team and for Armenian Swiss and German clubs. He spent most of his club career...

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