Hovhannisyan began competing in swimming and boxing at age of eight before beginning kyokushin at fifteen. He won both the Moscow and the Armenian championships in 1995, the Russian championship in 1996, the British National Open Tournament in 1997, and the European Championship in 2005. He has been vice-president of Kyokushinkai Federation of Armenia since 1999. In 2005, he moved to the International Karate Organization (IKO) headquarters in Tokyo.
In 2008, Russian TV channel Боец ("Fighter", boets.ru) made a film about Hovhannisyan, entitled Горец ("Highlander", Hovhannisyan's nickname referring to his Armenian heritage).
arthur, hovhannisyan, karateka, arthur, hovhannisyan, armenian, Արթուր, Հովհաննիսյան, russian, Артур, Оганесян, armenian, russian, kyokushin, karateka, arthur, hovhannisyanborn, 1975, september, 1975, gyumri, armenian, soviet, unionnative, nameԱրթուր, Հովհաննի. Arthur Hovhannisyan Armenian Արթուր Հովհաննիսյան Russian Artur Oganesyan is an Armenian Russian Kyokushin karateka 5th dan Arthur HovhannisyanBorn 1975 09 13 September 13 1975 age 48 Gyumri Armenian SSR Soviet UnionNative nameԱրթուր Հովհաննիսյան Artur OganesyanOther namesHighlanderNationalityArmenian RussianHeight1 85 m 6 ft 1 in Weight100 kg 220 lb 16 st DivisionHeavyweightStyleKyokushin KarateStanceOrthodoxRank 5th degree black belt in KyokushinYears active1990 present Hovhannisyan began competing in swimming and boxing at age of eight before beginning kyokushin at fifteen He won both the Moscow and the Armenian championships in 1995 the Russian championship in 1996 the British National Open Tournament in 1997 and the European Championship in 2005 He has been vice president of Kyokushinkai Federation of Armenia since 1999 In 2005 he moved to the International Karate Organization IKO headquarters in Tokyo In 2008 Russian TV channel Boec Fighter boets ru made a film about Hovhannisyan entitled Gorec Highlander Hovhannisyan s nickname referring to his Armenian heritage In 2009 he completed a 100 man kumite under the supervision of Shokei Matsui References editA Gorglyev Dojo Dodzyo no 1 2004 online version at kyokushin kai ru External links edit in Russian 100 boev Artura Oganesyana bushido ru in Russian ARTUR OGANESYaN GOREC boets ru in Russian Oganesyan Artur Eduardovich hayazg info nbsp This biographical article related to karate in Armenia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Arthur Hovhannisyan karateka amp oldid 1071508021, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
