Sos Hayrapetyan (also Airapetian, hy, Սոս Հայրապէտյան, born 12 September 1959) is a retired
field hockey
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defender from
Armenia
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. He won four Soviet Cups (1982, 1983, 1986, 1987), eight Soviet championships (1980–1987), two European Cups (1982, 1983) and one Intercontinental Cup (1981), and medaled at the
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
and 1983 European Championship. Hayrapetyan was named an
Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR
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in 1984. His son
Levon is an
association football
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player.
Biography
Hayrapetyan first trained in football and took up field hockey only in 1976. Within a few years, he had grown into one of the leading Soviet players. He started his club career in 1978 with SKA Sverdlovsk. In 1978 and 1979, he placed second at the Soviet championships, and in 1980 won the title. From 1981 to 1987, he played for Dynamo Alma-Ata and from 1988 to 1992 for Hrazdan.
[
From 1978 to 1991, Hayrapetyan was part of the Soviet national team. He won an Olympic bronze medal in 1980, the Intercontinental Cup in 1981, and a silver medal at the 1983 European Championships, losing the final in the penalty shootout. Soviet Union ]boycotted
A boycott is an act of nonviolent, voluntary abstention from a product, person, organization, or country as an expression of protest. It is usually for moral, social, political, or environmental reasons. The purpose of a boycott is to inflict som ...
the 1984 Summer Olympics
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, and Hayrapetyan competed at the Friendship Games
The Friendship Games, or Friendship-84 (russian: Дружба-84, ''Druzhba-84''), was an international multi-sport event held between 2 July and 16 September 1984 in the Soviet Union and eight other socialist states which boycotted the 1984 Su ...
instead, where the Soviet team came in first place. All team members were awarded the title of Honored Master of Sports for their victory. Hayrapetyan later competed in the 1988
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and 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
and finished seventh and tenth, respectively.[Sos Hayrapetyan]
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In 1992, Hayrapetyan moved to the German city of Hamburg
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, and from 1992 to 2004 played for Uhlenhorster HC
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. In 2004, after winning silver medals at the club championship in Germany, he retired and became a field hockey coach. He also helped in training his son, the national player of the Armenia national football team
The Armenia national football team ( hy, Հայաստանի ֆուտբոլի ազգային հավաքական, ''Hayastani futboli azgayin havak'akan'') represents Armenia in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation of ...
Levon Hayrapetyan
Levon Hayrapetyan ( hy, Լևոն Հայրապետյան, born 17 April 1989), also known as Levon Hairapetian, is an Armenian former professional footballer who played as a left-back.
He is the son of Olympic medal winning field hockey player ...
.[АЙРОПЕТЯН СОС ДЕРЕНИКОВИЧ]
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References
External links
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Dynamo Stellar Gallery
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1959 births
Living people
Armenian male field hockey players
Soviet male field hockey players
Olympic field hockey players of the Soviet Union
Field hockey players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic medalists in field hockey
Soviet Armenians
German people of Armenian descent
Sportspeople from Yerevan
Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Uhlenhorster HC players