Hamlet Manukyan (born 22 August 2007) is an Armenian artistic gymnast. He is the 2023 Junior World Champion on pommel horse and rings.
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| Full name | Hamlet Manukyan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 August 2007 Vagharshapat, Armenia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Yerevan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Armenia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2018–present (ARM) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Junior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Hakob Serobyan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Hayk Nazaryan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
editManukyan was born in Armenia in 2007. His father had him start gymnastics training when he was five years old.[1][2]
Gymnastics career
editJunior
edit2022
editManukyan competed at the 2022 European Championships where he placed thirteenth in the all-around. During event finals he won silver on both pommel horse and rings.[3][4]
2023
editIn late March, Manukyan competed at the second Junior World Championships alongside Erik Baghdasaryan and Mamikon Khachatryan. As a team they finished fourth, 0.437 points behind third place Italy. Individually Manukyan qualified to the all-around, pommel horse, and rings event finals. During the all-around final Manukyan finished sixth. During apparatus event finals Manukyan won gold on both pommel horse and rings.[5][6]
Manukyan next competed at the European Youth Olympic Festival alongside Khachatryan and Robert Gyulumyan; together they won bronze as a team and individually Manukyan finished ninth in the all-around and qualified to the pommel horse and rings event finals. During event finals he finished fourth on pommel horse despite falling off the apparatus and won gold on rings.
Competitive history
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| 2021 | Ukraine International Cup |  |
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| European Championships | 12 | 13 | |
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| Junior World Championships | 4 | 6 |  |
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9 | 4 | |
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| European Championships | 10 | |
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References
edit- ^ "Hamlet Manukyan FIG profile". International Gymnastics Federation.
- ^ "Մեծ սպորտի ապագա աստղերը. Համլետ Մանուկյան" [The future stars of big sports:Hamlet Manukyan]. Mediamax news agency (in Armenian). September 20, 2022.
- ^ "2022 European Championships men's results". The Gymternet. August 24, 2022.
- ^ "Hungary's Botond Molnar wins junior all-around, Italy triumphant among junior teams at European Championships". International Gymnast. August 19, 2022.
- ^ "FIG Gymnastics Junior World Championships 2023: All results, scores and medals - complete list". International Olympic Committee. June 27, 2023.
- ^ "Համլետ Մանուկյան․ Շնորհակալ եմ մեր մարզիչներին մեր հաղթանակների համար" [Hamlet Manukyan: I thank our coaches for our victories] (in Armenian). April 18, 2023.