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]
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Full name | Harutyun Merdinyan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Armenia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union | 16 August 1984||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior international elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 1999–present (ARM) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Albert Azaryan Olympic Relay Sport School of Gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Sos Sargsyan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]