Albert Azaryan
Albert Wagarschakowitsch Azaryan (Armenian Ալբերտ Ազարյան; born February 11, 1929 in Vanadzor ) is a former Armenian Turner, who raced in the 1950s for the Soviet Union and was in gymnastics rings of the best gymnasts of his day.
Azaryan won from 1952 to 1962 eleven Soviet league titles, eight of them on the rings. He was 1954 and 1958 World Champion on the rings and 1956 and 1960 Olympic champion in his specialist equipment. 1954, 1958 and 1960 respectively, he received the highest score of all apparatus finals for its rings exercise. His specialty was the cross slope with a quarter turn, which he showed in both directions. His superiority, he underlined nor the fact that he smiled on all motor parts, which he demonstrated opponents, judges and spectators that it easily fell these parts. In multiplayer battle he was not so successful because the ground he could not keep up with his Soviet teammates as Viktor Chukarin or Boris Schachlin particular.
After his career Azaryan was head of the gymnastics school in Yerevan and judges. His son Eduard Azaryan 1980 Olympic gold medalist with the team of the Soviet Union.
International success
- World Cup 1954 Place one on the rings
- 1st place in the team standings
- Summer Olympic Games 1956 7th place in the all around
- Place one on the rings
- 5th place on bars
- 1st place in the team standings
- World Cup 1958 Place one on the rings
- Place 2 on the horizontal bar
- 1st place in the team standings
- Olympic Games 1960 11th place in the all around
- Place one on the rings
- 2nd place in the team standings