Armenian athletes of 2023 won a record number of 435 medals in international tournaments. “Last year, when Armenian athletes won 307 medals, we were talking about the fact that this is a coincidence, a pleasant surprise and it is unlikely that there will be such a number of medals. However, the experience showed that Armenia’s potential is more,” said Karen Giloyan, the deputy minister of CGMS, summing up the year. For comparison, let’s note that in 2021, our athletes won 199 medals. In fact, in 2022, our athletes exceeded the previous year’s figure with 108 medals. This time, Armenian athletes surpassed the 2022 figure with 128 medals. Let’s look at the past to get a better understanding of the results of Orpez. Let’s try to understand the dynamics of results recorded in Armenian sports. And so, during 2020, Armenian athletes won 22 medals in European adult, youth and youth championships and World Cup competitions in various sports.
This indicator is exactly 10 times lower than in 2019. The main reason was the coronavirus pandemic. In particular, as a result of the virus, both the Olympic Games, the World and European Championships, and the ranking tournaments were postponed. During 2019, Armenian athletes won a total of 222 medals: 61 gold, 84 silver and 77 bronze. Weightlifters Simon Martirosyan and Hakob Mkrtchyan were awarded the titles of world and European champions, samba player Tigran Kirakosyan and freestyle wrestler Arsen Harutyunyan became European champions, Greco-Roman wrestler Artur Aleksanyan, boxers Hovhannes Bachkov and Artur Hovhannisyan, sports gymnast became champions of the European Games. Artur Davtyan and samba player Tigran Kirakosyan. At the European Games held in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, Armenia represented 37 athletes who won 5 gold medals (Greco-Roman style wrestling: 1, boxing: 2, Sambo: 1, gymnastics: 1), 3 silver (Greco-Roman style wrestling: 1 , sambo: 1, gymnastics: 1) and 3 bronze (boxing: 2, sambo: 1) medals. Among the 43 countries participating in the European Games, the Armenian delegation took the 11th place in the team count. In addition, in 2019, the 35 federations included in the state support program held 100 championships of the Republic of Armenia, 147 training camps, and participated in 195 international tournaments, including European and world championships (all for adults, youth and youth) with state funding. The total number of medals increased by 19 compared to 2018. In 2017, our athletes won 203 medals, including 71 gold, 57 silver and 75 bronze, at the European and World Championships of various age groups and at the third Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires. Compared to 2018, however, the number of gold medals won by our athletes decreased. In particular, they won 10 gold medals less than in 2018.
In 2017, the 32 national sports federations included in the state support program participated in 176 international tournaments, including the European and World Championships. In 2017, the athletes of the teams won a total of 201 medals from 15 sports at the World and European Championships: 61 gold, 49 silver and 91 bronze. In particular, Greco-Roman wrestler Artur Aleksanyan brought Olympic gold to Armenia after a 20-year break at the 31st Summer Olympic Games held in Rio de Janeiro.
Greco-Roman wrestler Mihran Harutyunyan, weightlifters Simon Martirosyan and Gor Minasyan won Olympic silver medals. 2016 The members of the RA national teams of adults, youth and teenagers won 41 medals in the world championships: 10 gold, 11 silver and 20 bronze. The number of medals won by Armenian athletes in the European championships is 125: 37 gold, 46 silver and 42 bronze. 2016 in the sports year, Armenian athletes won 170 medals, including 4 Olympic medals, in European and world championships for adults, youth and youth.
