Artur Dalaloyan

Artur Dalaloyan
Full name Artur Grachyevich Dalaloyan
Nickname(s) Artyom
Country represented  Russia
Born (1996-04-26) 26 April 1996
Moldova
Hometown Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Residence Moscow, Russia
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Level senior international elite
Years on national team 2013 - present
Club Dynamo Moscow
Gym Round Lake
Head coach(es) Valery Alfosov
Assistant coach(es) Aleksandr Kalinin, Shapkin SA
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Men's artistic gymnastics
European Championships
2017 Cluj-NapocaVault
2018 GlasgowParallel bars
2018 GlasgowTeam
2018 GlasgowVault
2017 Cluj-NapocaAll-Around
2018 GlasgowFloor

Artur Grachyevich Dalaloyan (Russian: Артур Грачьевич Далалоян, born 26 April 1996) is a Russian artistic gymnast. He is a four-times European champion.

Personal life

Dalaloyan started doing gymnastics at age six, while still living in Novosibirsk. A year later, his family relocated to Moscow and he began training under Aleksandr Kalinin.

Career

Junior

In his junior career, Dalaloyan won bronze in the all-around the 2013 Russian Junior Nationals. He competed at the 2013 Gymnasiade in Brasilia where Russia won the team gold ahead of Great Britain. He won individual medals, taking gold in the rings and vault, silver in the horizontal bar, and bronze in the all-around event.

He appeared in his first major international competition at the 2014 European Junior Championships where the Russian Team won the silver medal, he also qualified in 2 individual apparatus in vault and rings.

Senior

In 2015 and 2016, He competed in the Russian Championships however, Dalaloyan was not selected as an entry list or alternate for the 2016 Rio Olympics. On December 18-22, Dalaloyan won the all-around gold at the Voronin Cup.[1]

In 2017, Dalaloyan had a career breakthrough where he became the 2017 Russian National all-around champion.[2] He then competed in his first major senior event at the 2017 European Championships where he won the all-around silver medal behind Ukraine's Oleg Vernyayev.[3] He qualified in the vault finals where he won the gold medal ahead of Marian Drăgulescu. In August 23-27, Dalaloyan competed at the Russian Cup in Ekaterinburg, he won gold in team, in the all-around after bombing in pommel horse; he slipped into 4th place behind Nikita Ignatyev. In the apparatus finals, Dalaloyan won gold in vault (tied with Nikita Nagornyy) and 2 silver medals on Parallel Bars and Floor Exercise.[4]

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
2016Voronin Cup1st2nd
2017National Championships1st1st8th6th2nd4th6th
European Championships2nd1st
Russian Cup1st4th2nd4th1st2nd

References

  1. ↑ "23rd International Mikhail Voronin Cup 2016". Gymmedia. 21 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Natalia Kapitonova and Artur Dalaloyan grab Russian all-around titles". European Union of Gymnastics. 9 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Спортивная гимнастика. Чемпионат Европы. Верняев и Дауни победили в многоборье, Далалоян – 2-й, Еремина – 4-я". Sports.ru. 21 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Melnikova, Nagornyy Win Russian Cup Titles". International Gymnast Magazine. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
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