Armen Grigoryan confers international master of sports rank to Armenian sportsmen

March 3, 2009 - 20:23 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Armen Grigoryan conferred the rank of international mater of sports to 13 Armenian sportsmen engaged in 5 kinds of sports: boxing, wu shu, combat sambo, weight lifting and long jump.



The following sportsmen were honored:



Eduard Hambartzumyan (2008 European boxing champion)

Zhanna Vardanyan (European combat sambo champion)

Sasun Hayrapetyan (2008 European wu shu champion)

Arsen Sargsyan (2008 international competition long jump champion)

Sergey Sevyan (2008 European wu shu championship silver medalist)

Ara Khachartyan (2008 European weight lifting championship silver medalist)

Tsolak Ananikyan (2008 European boxing championship silver medalist)

Vachik Vardanyan (2008 Saint Petersburg combat sambo silver medalist)

Emin Aslanyan (2008 European combat sambo bronze medalist)

Lilit Poghosyan (2007 European combat sambo 5th place winner)

Ruben Aleksanyan (2008 World junior weight lifting championship silver medalist)

Arakel Mirzoyan (2008 World junior weight lifting championship silver medalist)

Aram Andrikyan (2008 World junior weight lifting championship silver medalist)
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