Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture and Sport ( hy, Հայաստանի ֆիզիկական կուլտուրայի և սպորտի պետական ինստիտուտ) is a higher educational institution

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, located in

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. It was founded in 1945 and prepares coached, sport journalists, and specialists in the field of health improving physical culture

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and adaptive physical culture. The graduates are awarded a diploma, which is a state-authorized document asserting the

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completion for state agencies.

Faculties/department

*Adaptive physical culture *Athletics *Basketball *Boxing *Chess *Fencing *Football *Free-style wrestling *Graeco-Roman wrestling *Gymnastics *Handball *Heavy athletics *Judo *Кaratedo *Кinesiology *Salvage operations *Skates and cycle racing *Sports dances *Sports journalism *Sports pedagogical *Swimming *Table tennis *Unarmed self-defence *Volleyball

Notable alumni

* Levon Aronian, chess Grandmaster *

Karen Asrian Karen Asrian ( hy, Կարեն Ասրյան; 24 April 1980 – 9 June 2008) was an Armenian chess player. Awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1998, he was a three-time Armenian champion. Asrian was a member of the gold medal-winning Arme ...

, chess Grandmaster and Olympic champion * Aghvan Chatinyan, mountain climber *

Aleksandr Kabanov Aleksandr Sergeyevich Kabanov (russian: Александр Серге́евич Кабанов, 14 June 1948 – 30 June 2020) was a Soviet and Russian water polo player and head coach of the Russian water polo team. He is one of a few sportspeo ...

, Russian water polo player and coach *

Ashot Nadanian Ashot Nadanian (sometimes transliterated as Nadanyan; hy, Աշոտ Նադանյան; born 19 September 1972) is an Armenian chess International Master (1997), chess theoretician and chess coach. His highest achievements have been in openin ...

, chess International Master, theoretician and coach *

Vazgen Sargsyan Vazgen Zaveni Sargsyan ( hy, Վազգեն Զավենի Սարգսյան, ; 5 March 1959 – 27 October 1999) was an Armenian military commander and politician. He was the first Defence Minister of Armenia from 1991 to 1992 and then from ...

, former Prime Minister of Armenia *

Gagik Tsarukyan Gagik Tsarukyan ( hy, Գագիկ Ծառուկյան; born 25 November 1956) is an Armenian businessman, politician, and former athlete. Tsarukyan is the founder and leader of the Prosperous Armenia political party. He also owns various large-sca ...

, Armenian businessman, current head of the Armenian Olympic Committee *

Arsen Yegiazarian Arsen Yegiazarian ( hy, Արսեն Եղիազարյան; 18 June 1970 – 20 April 2020) was an Armenian chess player who received the FIDE titles of Grandmaster (GM) in 2000 and FIDE Senior Trainer (FST) in 2011. Career Yegiazarian graduated ...

, chess Grandmaster and coach

External links

ASIPC official site

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Faculties/department

Notable alumni

See also

External links