Arsen Zhoraevich [1] Galstyan ( Armenian Արսեն , February 19, 1989 , Nerkin village, Shamshadinsky district , Armenian SSR ) - Russian judoist of Armenian descent, Honored Master of Sports of Russia , Olympic champion in London 2012 in the weight category up to 60 kg.
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Biography
Arsen Galstyan is a student of the Adyghe school of judo, a pupil of the world famous Maikop school of judo, the founder of which is Koblev, Yakub Kamboletovich , recognized as the best judo trainer of the 20th century in Russia. Galstyan was born in 1989 in the village of Nerkin Karmirahpyur in the north-east of Armenia. My father was a football player, played for Dilijan club “Impulse”, in the second half of the 1970s he played as part of Yerevan “Ararat”. At the age of 7 years in 1996, Arsen moved with his family to Russia - to the village of Giaginsky of the Republic of Adygea. He studied at school № 4 of the village, began to engage in judo in the local sports section. Igor Romanov is Arsen’s first mentor and now remains his personal trainer. After graduation, he entered the Institute of Physical Culture and Judo of the Adygea State University in Maykop. At the institute, his trainer was ISMK Khashkhanok Aivar Kazbekovich (silver medalist of the World Championship among masters).
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he won a gold medal. Thus, he became the first Olympic champion in the history of Russian judo after 1991, the first Armenian to become the Olympic champion in judo and one of the three judoists of Armenian origin who won Olympic judo awards (Bernard Chuluyan in 1980 (France), Armen Bagdasarov in 1996 (Uzbekistan) and Arsen Galstyan in 2012 (Russia)). He also became the first Russian master to win the Japanese final. Member of the Russian Judo Team since 2007 . At the Summer Universiade in Kazan in 2013, he reached the finals and won a silver medal. In 2016, he fought at the European Championships in Kazan in the weight category up to 66 kg, and won a bronze medal.
Family
The athlete’s father was a football coach in the past [2] . Arsen has two brothers - the older Tigran and the younger Arman, both masters of sports in judo. Arsen Galstyan is married.
Sporting Achievements
Galstyan won the 2009 European Championship (his opponent in the final was George Zantaraya ) and the 2012 World Cup. At the 2012 Olympics, he defeated Rishoda Sobirov ( Uzbekistan ) in the semifinals, and Japanese Hiroaki Hiraoku [3] in the final with an ippon at the 41st second. He won the first medal for the Russian team at the Olympics in London. According to the athlete himself, he flew to London only to win and is already thinking about a new goal - the next Olympics [4] . However, by decision of the supreme council of the Russian judo federation, instead of Galstyan, Mikhail Pulyaev was sent to the Olympiad (took off in the first round of the 2016 Olympics) because Galstyan could not advance to the desired line in the IJF rating.
| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Summer olympic games | one | 0 | 0 |
| World Championships | 0 | 0 | one |
| European Championships | one | 0 | 2 |
| World Cups / Grand Prix / Grand Slam | 2 | 2 | four |
| World Junior Championships (U20) | one | 0 | 0 |
| European Junior Championships (U20) | one | 0 | 0 |
| UEFA European Under-17 Championships | one | 0 | 0 |
| Junior European Cups (U20) | 6 | one | one |
| European Cups among youths (under 17 years old) | one | 0 | one |
| International tournaments | one | 0 | 0 |
| National championships | 0 | 0 | one |
| National Junior Championships (U20) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| National Youth Championships (U17) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
State and departmental awards
- Order of Friendship ( August 13, 2012 ) - for his great contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, high sports achievements at the Games of the XXX Olympic Games 2012 in London (United Kingdom) [5] .
- Honored Master of Sports of Russia ( March 26, 2012) [6] .
Notes
- ↑ List of members of the Russian Olympic team Archived on October 29, 2012.
- ↑ Russian newspaper - www.rg.ru - August 2, 2012 - Thursday - No. 176 (5849), p. 29 http://www.rg.ru/2012/08/02/dzudoist.html
- ↑ The first gold of Russia . Newspaper.ru (July 28, 2012). Date of treatment July 28, 2012. Archived September 30, 2012.
- ↑ Galstyan admitted that he flew to the London Olympics for a gold medal
- ↑ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated August 13, 2012 No. 1165 “On Awarding with State Prizes of the Russian Federation” Archived on April 23, 2013.
- ↑ Order of the Ministry of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation dated March 26, 2012 No. 46-ng “On the awarding of the honorary sports title“ Honored Master of Sports of Russia ”” Archived copy of August 2, 2012 on the Wayback Machine
Links
- Arsen Galstyan - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Arsen Galstyan - profile on judoinside.com
- The biography of judoka Arsen Galstyan on the website of RIA Novosti
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- Arsen Galstyan: “I did everything right, since I'm a champion.” Dmitry Shnyakin, Eurosport.ru
- Arsen Galstyan: “I was not allowed to jump from the bungee” Dmitry Shnyakin, Eurosport.ru