Mıgırdiç Mıgıryan ( hy, Մկրտիչ Մկրեան, Mkrtich' Mkryan, also spelled ''Mıgır, Mığır, Migir'' in

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) was one of two athletes who represented the Ottoman Empire in the Olympic Games which was held in

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in 1912. Migiryan participated in

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, discus throw, two handed shot put,

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, and

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competitions. Migir Migiryan along with ethnic Armenian Vahram Papazyan were the only two athletes representing Turkey in the country's first official participation of the

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. "Armenia's first connection with the modern Olympics can be traced to the 1912 Olympics, when two Armenian track and field athletes represented Turkey. These two athletes, Mığır Mığıryan and Haret Papazyan, comprised the entire Turkish team in 1912, but they had, in fact, been sent to Stockholm by the Armenian General Sports Union."

Life

Migir Migiryan attended the prestigious

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in Constantinople. One of his classmates was Vahram Papazyan, another ethnic Armenian Olympian who would participate with him at the

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. When Ottoman Empire was admitted to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1911, president of the Ottoman Empire's Olympic committee

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placed advertisements in the local ''Ikdam'' and ''Sabah'' newspapers in order to recruit athletes for the 1912 Olympic Games in

. Migiryan responded to the advertisement and expressed his desires to participate in the games. Unlike his counterpart Vahram Papazyan, who did not have the required finances to pay for the trip, Migir Migiryan came from a wealthy family who managed to cover all the necessary expenses needed for the trip to the Stockholm Olympics. Having participated in five different sporting events, Migir Migiryan holds the record of most sporting events participated by a Turkish athlete in Olympic history.

Olympics

During the Olympics, Migiryan managed to play all five sports. However, while competing against famed athlete Jim Thorpe during the

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, Migiryan suffered a wrist injury and was forced to discontinue.

Results

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Migiryan, Migirdic 1882 births Year of death missing Date of death missing Place of death missing People from Üsküdar Sportspeople from Istanbul Armenians from the Ottoman Empire Athletes from the Ottoman Empire Olympic competitors for the Ottoman Empire Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from the Ottoman Empire Robert College alumni Olympic decathletes

Life

Olympics

Results

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