List of Armenian Olympic medalists

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Soviet gymnast Albert Azaryan (pictured on a 2009 postage stamp) is the most decorated Armenian Olympian of all time with three gold and one silver medal.
A poster at an Armenian public school depicting ancient and modern Armenian Olympic gold medalists

Historically, only a portion of ethnic Armenian athletes and athletes of Armenian descent have competed for Armenia in the Olympic Games. Classical Armenian historians attest that Armenian kings Tiridates III and Varazdat were recorded as champions in the Ancient Olympic Games. The first Armenians to participate in modern Olympics were athletes Mkrtich Mkryan and Vahram Papazyan, who represented the Ottoman Empire in the 1912.[1] The first Armenian to win a medal was Hal Haig Prieste, a son of Armenian immigrants, who won a bronze medal in diving in the 1920 for the United States.[2] Soviet Armenian gymnast Hrant Shahinyan became the first Armenian gold medalist of the modern Olympics in 1952.

From 1952 to 1988, most Armenian athletes represented the Soviet Union. Although Armenia became independent in 1991, it and other former Soviet states (except the Baltic states) were part of the Unified Team in 1992. The National Olympic Committee of Armenia was founded in 1990 and became an International Olympic Committee member in 1993.[3] Since the 1994 Winter Olympics, Armenia participates separately. Some Armenian athletes, including ethnic Armenians born abroad and those who emigrated from Armenia, compete under other flags.

Ancient Olympic Games

Although athletics never spread into Armenia in antiquity,[4] two Armenian kings may have been champions in the ancient Olympic Games.[5] According to Agathangelos (further corroborated by Movses Khorenatsi), one of the most prominent ancient Armenian kings, Tiridates III, who is best known for converting Armenia to Christianity in the early 4th century, was an Olympic champion prior to his reign.[6][7][8] Modern scholars have calculated his victory in wrestling at the 265th Olympics in 281 AD, aged 22–23.[9]

Later king Varazdat (Varazdates), also from the Arsacid dynasty, who reigned between 374 and 378,[10] has been widely cited as the last Olympic victor known by name, with a victory in fisticuffs (boxing)[a][12] in 385 AD.[23][24] It is supported by a memorial plate at the museum in Olympia, Greece.[25] Other authors have placed the event in 369,[26][27][28][29] 365,[30] or 393.[31] According to Movses Khorenatsi, while a prince living at the court of Roman Emperor Valens in Constantinople, he won the "pugilistic contest" by killing lions.[32] According to Remijsen, Varazdates is the highest up the social ladder of all late-antique athletes.[33] His victory, however, has been questioned in recent decades. Young noted that his "supposed victory is attested only in a murky Armenian source" (Movses Khorenatsi).[34] While Nina Garsoïan considered the purported victories of Tiridates and Varazdates "improbable" and "unlikely."[35][36]

Summer Olympics

Medal Name Country Games Sport Event Ref
 BronzeHal Haig PriesteUnited States United States1920 AntwerpDivingMen's 10 metre platform
 GoldHrant ShahinyanSoviet Union Soviet Union1952 HelsinkiGymnasticsMen's team all-around
 SilverHrant ShahinyanSoviet Union Soviet Union1952 HelsinkiGymnasticsMen's individual all-around
 GoldHrant ShahinyanSoviet Union Soviet Union1952 HelsinkiGymnasticsMen's rings
 SilverHrant ShahinyanSoviet Union Soviet Union1952 HelsinkiGymnasticsMen's pommel horse
 GoldRafael ChimishkyanSoviet Union Soviet Union1952 HelsinkiWeightliftingMen's Featherweight
 BronzeArtem TeryanSoviet Union Soviet Union1952 HelsinkiWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman Bantamweight
 GoldVladimir YengibaryanSoviet Union Soviet Union1956 MelbourneBoxingMen's Light Welterweight
 GoldAlbert AzaryanSoviet Union Soviet Union1956 MelbourneGymnasticsMen's team all-around
 GoldAlbert AzaryanSoviet Union Soviet Union1956 MelbourneGymnasticsMen's Rings
 GoldNikita SimonyanSoviet Union Soviet Union1956 MelbourneFootballMen's tournament
 BronzeBoris MarkarovSoviet Union Soviet Union1956 MelbourneWater poloMen's tournament
 BronzeIgor Ter-Ovanesyan[45]Soviet Union Soviet Union1960 RomeAthleticsMen's long jump
 GoldAlbert AzaryanSoviet Union Soviet Union1960 RomeGymnasticsMen's rings
 SilverAlbert AzaryanSoviet Union Soviet Union1960 RomeGymnasticsMen's team all-around
 BronzeIgor Ter-Ovanesyan[45]Soviet Union Soviet Union1964 TokyoAthleticsMen's long jump
 SilverArmenak AlachachianSoviet Union Soviet Union1964 TokyoBasketballMen's basketball
 GoldNorair NurikyanBulgaria Bulgaria1972 MunichWeightliftingMen's Featherweight
 SilverEdvard MikaelianSoviet Union Soviet Union1972 MunichGymnasticsMen's artistic team all-around
 BronzeArkady AndreasyanSoviet Union Soviet Union1972 MunichFootballMen's tournament
 BronzeOganes ZanazanyanSoviet Union Soviet Union1972 MunichFootballMen's tournament
 GoldNorair NurikyanBulgaria Bulgaria1976 MontrealWeightliftingMen's Bantamweight
 SilverVardan MilitosyanSoviet Union Soviet Union1976 MontrealWeightliftingMen's middleweight
 SilverNelson DavidyanSoviet Union Soviet Union1976 MontrealWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 62 kg
 GoldSuren NalbandyanSoviet Union Soviet Union1976 MontrealWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 68 kg
 BronzeAnushavan Gassan-DzhalilovSoviet Union Soviet Union1976 MontrealRowingMen's coxless fours
 SilverNina MuradyanSoviet Union Soviet Union1976 MontrealVolleyballWomen's tournament
 BronzeDavid TorosyanSoviet Union Soviet Union1976 MontrealBoxingMen's Flyweight
 SilverYurik SarkisyanSoviet Union Soviet Union1980 MoscowWeightliftingMen's 56 kg
 GoldEduard AzaryanSoviet Union Soviet Union1980 MoscowGymnasticsMen's artistic team all-around
 SilverSirvard EmirzyanSoviet Union Soviet Union1980 MoscowDivingWomen's 10 metre platform
 BronzeAshot KaragyanSoviet Union Soviet Union1980 MoscowFencingMen's team foil
 GoldYurik VardanyanSoviet Union Soviet Union1980 MoscowWeightliftingMen's 82.5 kg
 BronzeDavid AmbartsumyanSoviet Union Soviet Union1980 MoscowDivingMen's 10 metre platform
 SilverAshot KaragyanSoviet Union Soviet Union1980 MoscowFencingMen's team épée
 BronzeBernard TchoullouyanFrance France1980 MoscowJudoMen's Half Middleweight
 BronzeSos HayrapetyanSoviet Union Soviet Union1980 MoscowField hockeyMen's tournament
 GoldSanasar OganisyanSoviet Union Soviet Union1980 MoscowWrestlingMen's freestyle 90 kg
 BronzeKhoren HovhannisyanSoviet Union Soviet Union1980 MoscowFootballMen's tournament
 GoldOksen MirzoyanSoviet Union Soviet Union1988 SeoulWeightliftingMen's Bantamweight
 SilverIsrael MilitosyanSoviet Union Soviet Union1988 SeoulWeightliftingMen's Lightweight
 GoldLevon JulfalakyanSoviet Union Soviet Union1988 SeoulWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 68 kg
 SilverHeorhiy PohosovSoviet Union Soviet Union1988 SeoulFencingMen's team sabre
 SilverStepan SarkisyanSoviet Union Soviet Union1988 SeoulWrestlingMen's freestyle 62 kg
 BronzeManuela Maleeva[73]Bulgaria Bulgaria1988 SeoulTennisWomen's Singles
 SilverAlfred Ter-MkrtchyanInternational Olympic Committee Unified Team1992 BarcelonaWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 52 kg
 GoldMnatsakan IskandaryanInternational Olympic Committee Unified Team1992 BarcelonaWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 74 kg
 GoldIsrael MilitosyanInternational Olympic Committee Unified Team1992 BarcelonaWeightliftingMen's Lightweight–67.5 kg
 GoldHrachya PetikyanInternational Olympic Committee Unified Team1992 BarcelonaShootingMen's 50 metre rifle three positions
 GoldElen Shakirova[78]International Olympic Committee Unified Team1992 BarcelonaBasketballWomen's tournament
 GoldHeorhiy PohosovInternational Olympic Committee Unified Team1992 BarcelonaFencingMen's team sabre
 GoldArmen NazaryanArmenia Armenia1996 AtlantaWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman Flyweight
 SilverArmen BagdasarovUzbekistan Uzbekistan1996 AtlantaJudoMen's Middleweight
 BronzeKarina Aznavourian[82]Russia Russia1996 AtlantaFencingWomen's team épée
 SilverArmen MkrtchyanArmenia Armenia1996 AtlantaWrestlingMen's Freestyle Light Flyweight
 GoldAndre Agassi[85]United States United States1996 AtlantaTennisMen's singles
 GoldKarina Aznavourian[82]Russia Russia2000 SydneyFencingWomen's team épée
 SilverBenjamin VaronianFrance France2000 SydneyGymnasticsMen's horizontal bar
 BronzeArsen MelikyanArmenia Armenia2000 SydneyWeightliftingMen's Middleweight–77 kg
 GoldVarteres SamurgashevRussia Russia2000 SydneyWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 63 kg
 GoldArmen NazaryanBulgaria Bulgaria2000 SydneyWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman flyweight–58 kg
 GoldPavel Sukosyan[90]Russia Russia2000 SydneyHandballMen's tournament
 GoldKarina Aznavourian[82]Russia Russia2004 AthensFencingWomen's team épée
 BronzeArtiom KiouregkianGreece Greece2004 AthensWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 55 kg
 SilverAra AbrahamianSweden Sweden2004 AthensWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 84 kg
 SilverDimitra AsilianGreece Greece2004 AthensWater poloWomen's competition
 BronzeMkhitar ManukyanKazakhstan Kazakhstan2004 AthensWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 66 kg
 BronzeArmen NazaryanBulgaria Bulgaria2004 AthensWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 60 kg
 BronzeVarteres SamurgashevRussia Russia2004 AthensWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 74 kg
 BronzeTigran G. MartirosyanArmenia Armenia2008 BeijingWeightliftingMen's Middleweight (69 kg)
 BronzeArmen VardanyanUkraine Ukraine2008 BeijingWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 66 kg
 BronzeGevorg DavtyanArmenia Armenia2008 BeijingWeightliftingMen's Middleweight (77 kg)
 BronzeTigran V. MartirosyanArmenia Armenia2008 BeijingWeightliftingMen's Middleweight (85 kg)
 GoldArtur AyvazyanUkraine Ukraine2008 BeijingShootingMen's 50 metre rifle prone
 GoldBiurakn HakhverdianNetherlands Netherlands2008 BeijingWater poloWomen's competition
 BronzeHrachik JavakhyanArmenia Armenia2008 BeijingBoxingMen's Lightweight
 GoldArsen GalstyanRussia Russia2012 LondonJudoMen's extra-lightweight–60 kg
 GoldAnna Chicherova[103][104]Russia Russia2012 LondonAthleticsWomen's high jump
 BronzeHripsime KhurshudyanArmenia Armenia2012 LondonWeightliftingWomen's +75 kg
 SilverArsen JulfalakyanArmenia Armenia2012 LondonWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman–74 kg
 BronzeArtur AleksanyanArmenia Armenia2012 LondonWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman–96 kg
 BronzeDavid AyrapetyanRussia Russia2012 LondonBoxingMen's light flyweight–49 kg
 GoldOlga AkopyanRussia Russia2016 RioHandballWomen's sabre
 GoldYana EgorianRussia Russia2016 RioFencingWomen's sabre
 SilverSeda TutkhalyanRussia Russia2016 RioGymnasticsWomen's artistic team all-around
 BronzeKirill GrigoryanRussia Russia2016 RioShootingMen's 50 metre rifle prone
 GoldYana EgorianRussia Russia2016 RioFencingWomen's team sabre
 Silver Simon Martirosyan Armenia Armenia 2016 Rio Weightlifting Men's 105 kg
 Silver Mihran Harutyunyan Armenia Armenia 2016 Rio Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg
 Gold Artur Aleksanyan Armenia Armenia 2016 Rio Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg
 Silver Gor Minasyan Armenia Armenia 2016 Rio Weightlifting Men's +105 kg
 Bronze Artem Harutyunyan Germany Germany 2016 Rio Boxing Men's light welterweight 64 kg
 GoldArtur Dalaloyan ROC2020 TokyoGymnasticsMen's artistic team all-around
 SilverKaren Khachanov ROC2020 TokyoTennisMen's singles
 BronzeArtur DavtyanArmenia Armenia2020 TokyoGymnasticsMen's Vault
 SilverArtur AleksanyanArmenia Armenia2020 TokyoWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 97 kg
 SilverSimon MartirosyanArmenia Armenia2020 TokyoWeightliftingMen's 109 kg
 BronzeHovhannes BachkovArmenia Armenia2020 TokyoBoxingMen's lightweight
 Gold Mariya Lasitskene[121][122]  ROC 2020 Tokyo Athletics Women's high jump
 SilverArtur DavtyanArmenia Armenia2024 ParisGymnasticsMan's vault
 SilverArtur AleksanyanArmenia Armenia2024 ParisWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 97 kg
 SilverVarazdat LalayanArmenia Armenia2024 ParisWeightliftingMen's +102 kg
 BronzeGor Minasyan Bahrain2024 ParisWeightliftingMen's +102 kg

By games

GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1920 Antwerp0011
1952 Helsinki3216
1956 Melbourne4004
1960 Rome1113
1964 Tokyo0112
1972 Munich1124
1976 Montreal2327
1980 Moscow33511
1988 Seoul2316
1992 Barcelona5106
1996 Atlanta2215
2000 Sydney4116
2004 Athens1247
2008 Beijing2057
2012 London1135
2016 Rio44210
2020 Tokyo1326
2024 Paris0314
Totals (18 entries)363133100

By sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Wrestling89724
Gymnastics77115
Weightlifting67619
Fencing5229
Shooting2013
Handball2002
Judo1113
Tennis1113
Basketball1102
Water polo1102
Boxing1056
Football1034
Diving0123
Volleyball0101
Athletics0022
Field hockey0011
Rowing0011
Totals (17 entries)363133100

By country

CountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Soviet Union Soviet Union14141139
Russia Russia81413
International Olympic Committee Unified Team5106
Bulgaria Bulgaria3025
Armenia Armenia210921
 ROC1102
Ukraine Ukraine1012
United States United States1012
Netherlands Netherlands1001
France France0112
Greece Greece0112
Sweden Sweden0101
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan0101
 Bahrain0011
Germany Germany0011
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan0011
Totals (16 entries)363133100

Disqualified athletes

Winter Olympics

Medal Name Country Games Sport Event Ref
 GoldGrigory MkrtychanSoviet Union Soviet Union1956 Cortina d'AmpezzoIce hockeyMen's tournament
 GoldVicki MovsessianUnited States United States1998 NaganoIce hockeyWomen's tournament
 SilverEvgenia Medvedeva OAR2018 PyeongchangFigure skatingTeam event
 SilverEvgenia Medvedeva OAR2018 PyeongchangFigure skatingLadies' singles

By games

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo1001
1998 Nagano1001
2018 Pyeongchang0202
Total2204

By sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Ice hockey2002
Figure skating0202
Totals (2 entries)2204

By country

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Soviet Union Soviet Union1001
United States United States1001
OAR0202
Totals (3 entries)2204

Armenian coaches

See also

References

Notes
  1. Some authors have erroneously stated that Varazdat was an Olympic champion in wrestling or pentathlon.[11]
Citations
  1. "Armenian Sport Life in the pre-WWI Ottoman Empire". Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  2. "One More Olympic Moment Camden's Hal Prieste, 103, The Oldest Living Olympian, Will Go To Sydney To Return A Flag He Captured In 1920". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 9 September 2000. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2012. ...Hal Haig Prieste, an American of Armenian descent... In 1896, Prieste's parents and an older brother fled Armenia during a time of violent conflict.
  3. "Armenia". Official website of the Olympic Movement. Archived from the original on August 31, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  4. Remijsen 2015, p. 31.
  5. Ispirian 2000.
  6. Thomson, Robert W. (1975). "The Fathers in Early Armenian Literature". Studia Patristica. 12: 469.
  7. Agathangelos (1976). History of the Armenians. Translation, introduction and commentary by Robert W. Thomson (First ed.). Albany: State University of New York Press. pp. 207-209 [§202]. ISBN 0-87395-323-1.
  8. Thomson, Robert W. (1978). Moses Khorenats'i: History of the Armenians. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. p. 226 [§79].
  9. Ispirian 2000, p. 191.
  10. According to Faustus of Byzantium; see Hacikyan, Agop Jack; Basmajian, Gabriel; Franchuk, Edward S.; Ouzounian, Nourhan (2000). The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the Oral Tradition to the Golden Age. Vol. 1. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. p. 184. ISBN 9780814328156.
  11. Ispirian 2000, p. 193.
  12. Remijsen 2015, pp. 47, 269.
  13. Fraser, A. D.; Gardiner, E. Norman (1927). "Olympia: Its History and Remains". The Classical Weekly. 20 (11): 88. doi:10.2307/4388895. JSTOR 4388895. ...the year 385 A. D., with which is to be associated the name of the last recorded Olympic victor, a boxer, Varasted or Varazdates by name, a Persian Arsacid, from Armenia.
  14. Gardiner, E. Norman (2002) [1930]. Athletics in the Ancient World. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications. p. 52. ISBN 9780486147451. The last Olympic victor whose name we know is the Armenian Prince Varazdates, who won the boxing in the 291st Olympiad (A. D. 385).
  15. Trypanis, Constantine Athanasius (1964). Grooves in the Wind. Chilmark Press. p. 7. Varazdates – By a strange irony of fate the last recorded victor of the national (Olympic) games was Varazdates, a Persian Ascarid from Armenia, who won the boxing in A.D. 385
  16. Parandowski, Jan (1964). The Olympic Discus: A Story of Ancient Greece. Ungar. p. 299. It was Varazdates, an Armenian prince, a descendant of the Arsacids, who in the year 385 received the wreath for boxing.
  17. Schöbel, Heinz [in German] (1966). The Ancient Olympic Games. Van Nostrand. p. 127. 385: Varazdates, last named crowned victor in the ancient Olympic Games
  18. Mandell, Richard D. (1987). The Nazi Olympics. Champaign: University of Illinois Press. p. 6. ISBN 9780252013256. Under the tolerant, assimilating Romans, the Olympics became polyglot and the last Olympic victor of whom we have record was an Armenian prince, Varaztad, who won a boxing match in A.D. 385.
  19. Baker, William Joseph (1988). Sports in the Western world (Rev. ed.). Urbana: University of Illinois Press. p. 40. ISBN 9780252060427. Fittingly, the last champion for whom there is evidence was not a Greek, but an Armenian boxer named Varaztad.
  20. Lambros, Sp. P.; Polites, N. G. (1896). The Olympic Games, B.C.776-A.D.1896: Part First. New York: American Olympic Committee. p. 8. This explains how in the two hundred and ninety first Olympiad (385 B.C.) the victory was carried off by the Armenian pugilist, Varasdates, a descendant of the royal family of Arsacides, who became later the king of Armenia. This Varasdates was the last conqueror in the Olympic Games known to us.
  21. Golden, Mark (2004). Sport in the Ancient World from A to Z. Routledge. p. 172. ISBN 9781134535965. Varazdat, son of Anop, king of Armenia (374-378 CE) and boxer, fourth century CE. Varazdat, a boxer, is one of the latest Olympic victors we can identify by name. [Moses Chorenaçi 3.40.]
  22. Spivey, Nigel Jonathan (2012). The Ancient Olympics. Oxford University Press. p. 202. ISBN 9780199602698. One of the latest recorded names of victors at Olympia is that of Varazdates, a Persian from Armenia who won the boxing title in 385 AD.
  23. [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
  24. Ispirian 2000, p. 194.
  25. Ispirian 2000, pp. 193–194: "Հարցի ճշգրտման վրա լույս է սփռում Հունաստանի Օլիմպիա ավանի օլիմպիական թանգարանում ցուցադրվող դարերի խոքից մեզ հասած հուշագիրը, ուր աղյուսաձև վերից վար նշված են օլիմպիական խաղերի թվերը, դրանց անցկացման տարեթվերը, օլիմպիական խաղերի չեմպիոնների անունները և նրանց երկրների անվանումները: Այդ հուշագիրը տեղեկացնում է որ հին հունական օլիմպիոնոկոսի կոչումը նվաճել է հայաստանցի Վարազդատը:"
  26. Scanlon, Thomas F. (2002). Eros and Greek Athletics. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 357. ISBN 9780195348767. Varazdates, a Arsacid from Armenia who won in boxing in A.D. 369.
  27. Guttmann, Allen (2004). Sports: The First Five Millennia. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. p. 22. ISBN 9781558496101. The date of the last Olympic is as uncertain as the date of the first. Until quite recently, the last known victor was the Armenian prince Varazdat, who won the boxing competition in 369 A.D., but an inscription discovered at Olympia in 1994 gives the names of several athletes whose victories came as late as 385 A.D. If Theodosius I decreed an end to the Olympics in 394, as some scholars believe, then the last games took place in 393. (The evidence for this belief comes from an eleventh-century manuscript by Georgios Kedrenos.)
  28. Wenn, Stephen R.; Schaus, Gerald P., eds. (2007). Onward to the Olympics : historical perspectives on the Olympic Games. Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-88920-505-5. Not only does the honour of being the last known Olympian no longer belong to Varazdat(es) of Armenia in AD 369, but it is significant for our understanding of the "end" of the Games that these latest Olympians came from Athens, not from distant parts if the ancient world.
  29. Littlewood, A.R. (2010). "Olympia". In Wilson, Nigel (ed.). Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece. New York: Routledge. p. 515. ISBN 978-0-415-87396-3. Although the Roman conquest initially involved a vast diminution in the games' prestige, they now become open to at least some non-Greeks (the last known victor, of boxing in AD 369, was Varazdates, the crown prince of Armenia).
  30. Perrottet, Tony (2004). The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games. New York: Random House. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-8129-6991-7. A.D. 365 - The last Olympic victor on record is the Armenian prince Varazdate, who won the boxing in the 291st Olympiad. A.D. 393 - Last official Olympic Games (the 293rd). The victors' names are lost.
  31. Katvalian, Maksim (1985). "Վարազդան [Varazdat]". Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia (in Armenian). Yerevan: Armenian Encyclopedia. pp. 305–306. Վարազդատը աղբյուրներում հայտնի է որպես բազմակողմանի զարգացած մարզիկ (ըստ Մովսես Խորենացու՝ կորովի նետաձիգ, ճարտար գազանամարտիկ, սուսերամարտիկ, ըմբշամարտիկ, բռնցքամարտիկ): Նրա անունը դրոշմվել է մարմարյա սալիկին՝ որպես վերջին օլիմպիադայի (393) չեմպիոնի:
  32. Remijsen 2015, p. 47, 267, 269.
  33. Remijsen 2015, p. 227.
  34. Young, David C. (2008). A Brief History of the Olympic Games. John Wiley & Sons. p. 135. ISBN 9780470777756. For centuries and even a decade ago, historians thought that the very last known Olympic victor probably was not a Greek, but an Armenian prince named Varazdates. Varazdates' supposed victory is attested only in a murky Armenian source (Moses of Khoren, History of Armenia 3.40).1 Since Varazdates reigned from 374-8, conjectures place his rather doubtful victory, mentioned only in an Armenian history of Armenia, in the 360s ad.
  35. "...his celebration of Trdat and Varazdat's improbable "Olympic" victories..."
    • Garsoïan, Nina (1996). "The Two Voices of Armenian Mediaeval Historiography". Studia Iranica. 25 (1). doi:10.2143/SI.25.1.2003965. p. 17 "Xorenac'i's [...] celebration of Trdat and Varazdat's improbable "Olympic" victories [...] are surely forced and far-fetched."; p. 40, n. 132 "The allusion to Trdat's Olympic victories may be taken from [Agathangelos], whom Xorenac'i acknowledges as a source, although the earlier author mentions these victories only in passing, and not in the section relating to Trdat, borrowed by MX at this point. Varazdat's pugilistic and other triumphs are MX's own invention."
    • Garsoïan, Nina (1999). Church and Culture in Early Medieval Armenia. Ashgate Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 9780860787877.
  36. Garsoïan, Nina G. (1989). The Epic Histories (Buzandaran Patmut'iwnk') Attributed to P'awstos Buzand. Harvard University Press. p. 326. ISBN 9780674258655. BP brief reference to Varazdat's vigor and "valiant heart" is elaborated by MX, III.xl (= MK, pp. 301-302) into an Olympic victory at Pisa and other unlikely epic feats.
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