Artur Akopyan
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Full name | Artur Akopyan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former countries represented | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Yerevan,Soviet Armenia,USSR | September 28, 1961||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Los Angeles,U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 1976-1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Trudoviye Reservi Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gym | All Olympia Gymnastics Center (AOGC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Headcoach(es) | Genrikh Vanisyan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Artur Akopyan(Armenian:Արթուր Հակոբյանborn September 28, 1961) is anArmenian-Americangymnastics coach for the USA Gymnastics National Team and a former gymnast on the USSR Olympic Gymnastics Team. He is credited as the first athlete to do a Tsukahara double twist. Akopyan received three scores of 10 at the1981 World Championships in Moscow.His competitive career included the 1983 World vault title, in addition to three other World individual medals.
Coaching career
[edit]Akopyan previously coached 2012 Olympic championMcKayla Maroney.His past national team members includeMattie LarsonandSamantha Shapiro.He served as a member of the national team coaching staff from 1989 to 2004. He coaches atAll Olympia Gymnastics Centerin Los Angeles, California.[1]Akopyan gained recognition in the United States afterBela Karolyiasked him to help gymnastKim Zmeskal.Within a couple of days, Akopyan was able to help Zmeskal with elements of her compulsory routine that she had been working on for a year.[2][3][4][5]
Competitive history
[edit]Year | Event | AA | Team | VT | HB | PH | FX |
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1976 | USSR Cup (junior) | 1st | |||||
1977 | USSR Championships (junior) | 1st | |||||
Friendship Tournament | 6th | 1st | |||||
All-Union Youth Sports Games | 1st | ||||||
1978 | USSR Championships (junior) | 2nd | |||||
Friendship Tournament (junior) | 4th | 1st | 2nd | ||||
1979 | USSR Spartakiade | 13th | 5th | ||||
USSR Championships | 6th | 5th | 4th | ||||
USSR-ROM Dual Meet | 1st | 1st | |||||
USSR-GDR Dual Meet | 1st | 1st | |||||
USSR Cup | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | |||
Chunichi Cup | 3rd | ||||||
Tokyo Cup | 1st | 1st | |||||
1980 | USSR Cup | 6 | |||||
Moscow News | 3rd | ||||||
1981 | USSR Cup | 11th | 2nd | ||||
USSR Championships | 5th | 1st | 2nd | ||||
University Games | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 7th | |||
Milan Grand Prix | 4th | ||||||
World Championships | 8th | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | |||
1983 | USSR Spartakiade | 3rd | 1st | ||||
USSR Cup | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | ||||
USSR Championships | 5th | 1st | 4th | 6th | |||
USA-USSR Dual Meet | 6th | 1st | |||||
Dynamo Spartakiade | 3rd | ||||||
Riga International | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||||
World Championships | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | ||||
1985 | USSR Cup | 6th | |||||
USSR Championships | 6th | 8th |
References
[edit]- ^"USA Gymnastics: Artur Akopyan".Archived fromthe originalon 2013-10-14.
- ^"USA Gymnastics: Artur Akopyan".
- ^Zakharian, Lianna (Jan–Feb 2011)."Spotting the Champions".Yerevan Magazine.RetrievedDecember 23,2012.
- ^"All Olympia Gymnastics Center: Staff".All Olympia Gymnastics Center.RetrievedDecember 23,2012.
- ^"USA Gymnastics: McKayla Maroney".USA Gymnastics. Archived fromthe originalon August 2, 2012.RetrievedDecember 23,2012.
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Soviet male artistic gymnasts
- World champion gymnasts
- Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- Gymnastics coaches
- Sportspeople from Yerevan
- Summer World University Games medalists in gymnastics
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Soviet Union