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Albert Azaryan
Soviet Armenian artistic gymnast (1929–2023) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Albert Azaryan (Armenian: Ալբերտ Ազարյան; 11 February 1929 – 5 September 2023) was a Soviet and Armenian artistic gymnast who competed internationally representing the Soviet Union. He was the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Champion on the still rings. Azaryan was the first gymnast to become an Olympic Champion in rings twice, a feat that Akinori Nakayama would also accomplish twelve years later and that no one else has matched since. He was the first person to do one of the rings most famous variations of the Iron Cross called the Azaryan Cross (not to be confused with the Azarian Roll to Cross), which incorporates a quarter turn to the side.
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Born | (1929-02-11)11 February 1929 Gharakilisa, Armenian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 5 September 2023(2023-09-05) (aged 94) Yerevan, Armenia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Spartak Yerevan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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