Harutyun Merdinyan | |
Fullname: | Harutyun Merdinyan |
Birth Date: | 16 August 1984 |
Birth Place: | Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
Height: | 1.7m (05.6feet) |
Weight: | 650NaN0 |
Discipline: | MAG |
Level: | Senior international elite |
Natlteam: | 1999–present (ARM) |
Club: | Albert Azaryan Olympic Relay Sport School of Gymnastics |
Headcoach: | Sos Sargsyan |
Show-Medals: | yes |
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.[1]
He participated at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow,[2] and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics,[3] where he finished seventh in the pommel horse final after being limited by a wrist pain and fatigue.[4]