Petikyan started shooting in the Yerevan dynamo sports club under the honored coach of Armenia, Martyn Kalechyan. For many years, Petikyan was a member of the USSR national team and a Champion of Europe and the World in individual and team competitions. He has also won many medals at ISSF world competitions that are now discontinued.
At the 1988 Summer Olympics, competing as a Soviet, Petikyan participated in the 10 metre air rifle and the 50 metre rifle, three positions. He notably came in sixth place in the latter.
Petikyan was entrusted with carrying the Armenian flag at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He won the gold medal in the 50 metre rifle three positions and set the Olympic record at 1,267.4 in the finals. He also came in eighth place in the 50 metre rifle prone, meaning he had ranked in the top eight of every rifle competition at the Olympics.[1]
Petikyan now began representing his native Armenia. He competed for Armenia at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics, each in his specialty, the men's 50 metre rifle three positions. However, he was unable to qualify for the finals at either Olympics.
In 1997, he headed the Armenian Shooting Federation and junior sports school for shooting in Armenia. In 2007, Petikyan participated in the ceremony to light the fire for the IV Pan-Armenian Games.[2]
Referencesedit
^. Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
^Панармянские игры: единение и спортивное торжество (in Russian). www.noev-kovcheg.ru. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
External linksedit
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011.
hrachya, petikyan, armenian, Հրաչյա, Պետիկյան, born, february, 1960, armenian, sports, shooter, ussr, european, four, time, world, olympic, champion, petikyan, four, time, olympian, represented, three, nations, soviet, union, unified, team, republic, armenia, . Hrachya Petikyan Armenian Հրաչյա Պետիկյան born 23 February 1960 is an Armenian sports shooter and USSR European four time World and Olympic Champion Petikyan is a four time Olympian who has represented three nations the Soviet Union the Unified Team and the Republic of Armenia He has been awarded the Honored Master of Sport of the USSR title Hrachya PetikyanPersonal informationBorn 1960 02 23 23 February 1960 age 63 Yerevan Armenian SSR Soviet UnionHeight1 74 m 5 ft 8 1 2 in Weight78 kg 172 lb SportCountryArmeniaSportSport shootingClubDynamo YerevanMedal record Olympic Games1992 Barcelona 50 m rifle three positionsISSF World Shooting Championships1986 Suhl 50 m rifle kneeling Team1986 Suhl 50 m rifle three positions Team1986 Suhl 50 m rifle standing Team1990 Moscow 50 m rifle three positions Team1990 Moscow 300 m rifle three positions Team1990 Moscow 50 m rifle standing Team1990 Moscow 50 m rifle kneeling Team1990 Moscow 300 m rifle kneeling Team1990 Moscow 300 m rifle standing Team1990 Moscow 50 m rifle three positions1990 Moscow 50 m rifle kneelingEuropean Shooting Championships1985 Osijek 50 m rifle three positions Team1985 Osijek 50 m rifle three positions1988 Stavanger 10 m air rifle1988 Stavanger 10 m air rifle Team1989 Zagreb 50 m rifle standing1993 Brno 50 m rifle three positionsPetikyan started shooting in the Yerevan dynamo sports club under the honored coach of Armenia Martyn Kalechyan For many years Petikyan was a member of the USSR national team and a Champion of Europe and the World in individual and team competitions He has also won many medals at ISSF world competitions that are now discontinued At the 1988 Summer Olympics competing as a Soviet Petikyan participated in the 10 metre air rifle and the 50 metre rifle three positions He notably came in sixth place in the latter Petikyan was entrusted with carrying the Armenian flag at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona He won the gold medal in the 50 metre rifle three positions and set the Olympic record at 1 267 4 in the finals He also came in eighth place in the 50 metre rifle prone meaning he had ranked in the top eight of every rifle competition at the Olympics 1 Petikyan now began representing his native Armenia He competed for Armenia at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics each in his specialty the men s 50 metre rifle three positions However he was unable to qualify for the finals at either Olympics In 1997 he headed the Armenian Shooting Federation and junior sports school for shooting in Armenia In 2007 Petikyan participated in the ceremony to light the fire for the IV Pan Armenian Games 2 References edit Shooting at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games Men s Small Bore Rifle Three Positions 50 metres Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 13 November 2012 Retrieved 2 January 2013 Panarmyanskie igry edinenie i sportivnoe torzhestvo in Russian www noev kovcheg ru Retrieved 2 June 2011 External links editEvans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Hrachya Petikyan Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 15 July 2011 Hrachya Petikyan at ISSF nbsp Hrachya Petikyan at Olympedia nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hrachya Petikyan amp oldid 1156898994, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
