Artur Avetisyan (, born January 1, 1998) is an

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

n gymnast and member of the Armenian national team. He is the 2019 Universiade champion on rings.

Early life

Artur Avetisyan was born in 1998 in

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. He took up gymnastics at the age of seven.

Gymnastics career

Avetisyan competed at the 2016 Junior European Championships where he won silver on rings behind Nick Klessing of Germany. Avetisyan had a breakout year in 2019. He won gold on rings at the 2019 Universiade and won a pair of bronze medals on rings at the 2019 Military Games and the 2019 Cottbus World Cup. At the 2021 European Championships Avetisyan finished fourth on rings. During the 2022 season Avetisyan won silver at the Doha World Cup behind compatriot

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. Additionally he placed eighth on rings at the

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and competed at his first

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where he finished fourth on rings, just 0.133 points behind bronze medalist

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. In 2023 Avetisyan won two bronze medals at the

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in Cottbus and Cairo and won two gold medals at the World Challenge Cups in Varna and Osijek. He placed seventh on rings at both the 2023 European Championships and 2023 World Championships. Avetisyan competed at the 2024 World Cups in Cairo, Cottbus, and Doha, finishing fourth, fourth, and fifth respectively. He placed fourth on rings at the

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. He won gold at the World Challenge Cup in Varna. At the 2025 World Cups he won bronze in Osijek and Doha and gold in Cairo. At the 2025 European Championships Avetisyan won his first European medal on rings, a bronze behind co-champions

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and

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Competitive history

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Avetisyan, Artur 1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Yerevan Armenian male artistic gymnasts Competitors at the 2019 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade Summer World University Games medalists in gymnastics FISU World University Games gold medalists for Armenia