Artur Dalaloyan

Artur Grachyevich Dalaloyan (Russian: Артур Грачьевич Далалоян, born 26 April 1996) is a Russian artistic gymnast of Armenian origin. He is the 2018 World All-Around champion, a five-time European champion, and a two-time Russian national all-around champion (2017-2018).

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Grachyevich and the family name is Dalaloyan.
Artur Dalaloyan
Full nameArtur Grachyevich Dalaloyan
Country represented Russia
Born (1996-04-26) 26 April 1996
Tiraspol, Moldova[1]
HometownMoscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia
ResidenceMoscow, Russia
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Levelsenior international elite
Years on national team2013 - present
ClubDynamo Moscow
GymRound Lake
Head coach(es)Valery Alfosov
Assistant coach(es)Aleksandr Kalinin, Shapkin SA
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 3 4 2
European Championships 5 2 3
Total 8 6 5
Men's artistic gymnastics
World Championships
2018 DohaAll-Around
2018 DohaFloor Exercise
2019 StuttgartTeam
2018 DohaTeam
2018 DohaVault
2019 StuttgartAll-Around
2019 StuttgartVault
2018 DohaParallel Bars
2019 StuttgartHorizontal Bar
European Championships
2017 Cluj-NapocaVault
2018 GlasgowTeam
2018 GlasgowVault
2018 GlasgowParallel Bars
2019 SzczecinFloor Exercise
2017 Cluj-NapocaAll-Around
2019 SzczecinAll-Around
2018 GlasgowFloor Exercise
2019 SzczecinVault
2019 SzczecinHorizontal Bar
AwardsLongines Prize for Elegance
Merited Master of Sport of Russia

Personal life

Dalaloyan started doing gymnastics at age six, while still living in Novosibirsk. A year later, his family relocated to Moscow and he began training under Aleksandr Kalinin. In March 2019 Artur proposed to his partner Olga, and their daughter Nikol was born on August 16, 2019.

Career

Junior

In his junior career, Dalaloyan won bronze in the all-around the 2013 Russian Junior Nationals. He competed at the 2013 Gymnasiade in Brasilia where Russia won the team gold ahead of Great Britain. He won individual medals, taking gold in the rings and vault, silver in the horizontal bar, and bronze in the all-around event.

He appeared in his first major international competition at the 2014 European Junior Championships where the Russian Team won the silver medal, he also qualified in 2 individual apparatus in vault and rings.

Senior

In 2015 and 2016, He competed in the Russian Championships however, Dalaloyan was not selected as an entry list or alternate for the 2016 Rio Olympics. On December 18–22, Dalaloyan won the all-around gold at the Voronin Cup.[2]

In 2017, Dalaloyan had a career breakthrough where he became the 2017 Russian National all-around champion.[3] He then competed in his first major senior event at the 2017 European Championships where he won the all-around silver medal behind Ukraine's Oleg Vernyayev.[4] He qualified in the vault finals where he won the gold medal ahead of Marian Drăgulescu. In August 23–27, Dalaloyan competed at the Russian Cup in Ekaterinburg, he won gold in team, in the all-around after bombing in pommel horse; he slipped into 4th place behind Nikita Ignatyev. In the apparatus finals, Dalaloyan won gold in vault (tied with Nikita Nagornyy) and 2 silver medals on Parallel Bars and Floor Exercise.[5]

In 2018, Dalaloyan became all-around World Champion. He became the first Russian to achieve that feat since 1999 (when Nikolai Kryukov won in that discipline). He earned 87.598 total points, as did Xiao Ruoteng, though after tie-breaking rules were enforced (which drop the lowest exercise score), Dalaloyan was named All-Around Champion.[6][7] In event finals, Dalaloyan then won gold on floor exercise, silver on vault, and bronze on parallel bars.[8] He was also awarded the Longines Prize for Elegance.

At the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Dalaloyan won with his team, the Russian Federation's first World Championship Team Gold medal, and a Silver medal in the Individual All Around competition behind teammate Nikita Nagornyy, despite almost sitting down his Blanik (piked double front somersault) on vault.

Competitive history
Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
2016Voronin Cup
2017National Championships8646
European Championships
Russian Cup44
World ChampionshipsN/A8
2018Tokyo World Cup4
National Championships56
Russian Cup74
European Championships
World Championships8
2019
European Championships4
World Championships4

Eponymous skills

Dalaloyan has one skill named after him, a dismount in parallel bars[9].

ApparatusNameDescriptionDifficultyCompetition Completed—Notes
Parallel barsDalaloyanDouble salto forward piked with 1/2 turnG2019 European Championships— skill already in the Code of Points bt never performed successfully before.
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References
  1. ""Хотел всё бросить, но выдержал". Мама — о пути к золоту ЧМ гимнаста Далалояна | Федерации спортивной гимнастики России". sportgymrus.ru. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  2. "23rd International Mikhail Voronin Cup 2016". Gymmedia. 21 December 2016.
  3. "Natalia Kapitonova and Artur Dalaloyan grab Russian all-around titles". European Union of Gymnastics. 9 March 2017. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  4. "Спортивная гимнастика. Чемпионат Европы. Верняев и Дауни победили в многоборье, Далалоян – 2-й, Еремина – 4-я". Sports.ru. 21 April 2017.
  5. "Melnikova, Nagornyy Win Russian Cup Titles". International Gymnast Magazine. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  6. Артур Далалоян - чемпион мира в многоборье!
  7. Russian gymnast Dalaloyan wins gold in men’s All-Around event of 2018 World Championships
  8. Артур Далалоян стал чемпионом мира в вольных упражнениях
  9. "The New Men's Elements of 2019". The Gymternet. The Gymternet. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
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