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ALBERT AZARYAN MARKS 85TH BIRTHDAY
18:24 11/02/2014 " SPORT
Legendary Armenian artistic gymnast Albert Azaryan is marking his
85th birthday today.
Albert Azaryan was born on February 11, 1929 in Ganja.
He is the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Champion on the still rings. Azaryan is
the first ever gymnast to become an Olympic Champion in Rings twice,
a feat that Akinori Nakayama would accomplish twelve years later and
that no one else has matched ever since.
He is the first person to do one of the rings most famous exercises
called the Azaryan Cross (or Iron Cross; Crucifix) in an international
competition.
An artistic gymnastics tournament, the Albert Azaryan Cup, is named
after Azaryan and hosted in Yerevan.
Azaryan was voted the top Armenian athlete of the 20th century by
journalists from the Armenian Sport Journalists Federation.
Source: Panorama.am
18:24 11/02/2014 " SPORT
Legendary Armenian artistic gymnast Albert Azaryan is marking his
85th birthday today.
Albert Azaryan was born on February 11, 1929 in Ganja.
He is the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Champion on the still rings. Azaryan is
the first ever gymnast to become an Olympic Champion in Rings twice,
a feat that Akinori Nakayama would accomplish twelve years later and
that no one else has matched ever since.
He is the first person to do one of the rings most famous exercises
called the Azaryan Cross (or Iron Cross; Crucifix) in an international
competition.
An artistic gymnastics tournament, the Albert Azaryan Cup, is named
after Azaryan and hosted in Yerevan.
Azaryan was voted the top Armenian athlete of the 20th century by
journalists from the Armenian Sport Journalists Federation.
Source: Panorama.am