The Most Famous
GYMNASTS from Armenia
This page contains a list of the greatest Armenian Gymnasts. The pantheon dataset contains 370 Gymnasts, 1 of which were born in Armenia. This makes Armenia the birth place of the 37th most number of Gymnasts behind Moldova, and North Korea.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Armenian Gymnasts of all time. This list of famous Armenian Gymnasts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Artur Davtyan (b. 1992)
With an HPI of 27.00, Artur Davtyan is the most famous Armenian Gymnast. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.
Artur Vahrami Davtyan (Armenian: Արթուր Դավթյան, born August 8, 1992) is an Armenian gymnast. He is a member of the Armenia national team in gymnastics. Davtyan is the 2020 Olympic bronze medalist, 2024 Olympic silver medalist and the 2022 World Champion on vault. Additionally he is the 2019 European Games vault champion and is a six-time European Championships medalist.
2. Harutyun Merdinyan (b. 1984)
With an HPI of 0.00, Harutyun Merdinyan is the 2nd most famous Armenian Gymnast. His biography has been translated into different languages.
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. He participated at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow, and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he finished seventh in the pommel horse final after being limited by a wrist pain and fatigue.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Armenian gymnasts born between 1984 and 1992. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Armenian gymnasts include Artur Davtyan, and Harutyun Merdinyan. As of April 2024, 1 new Armenian gymnasts have been added to Pantheon including Harutyun Merdinyan.
