Artur Dalaloyan

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Artur Grachyevich Dalaloyan (Russian: Артур Грачьевич Далалоян) born 26 April 1996 is a Russian artistic gymnast who represented ROC at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He was part of the teams who won gold at the 2020 Olympic Games and 2019 World Championships and silver at the 2018 World Championships. Individually Dalaloyan is the 2018 World All-Around Champion and the 2019 World All-Around silver medalist. He is a nine-time world medalist and a five-time European champion.

FullnameArtur Grachyevich Dalaloyan
NicknameKing Artur
Born (1996-04-26) 26 April 1996 (age 30)
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
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Artur Dalaloyan
Dalaloyan at the Kremlin in 2021
Personal information
Full nameArtur Grachyevich Dalaloyan
NicknameKing Artur
Born (1996-04-26) 26 April 1996 (age 30)
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented
Russia Russia
(2013–present)
ClubDynamo Moscow
GymRound Lake
Head coach
Valery Alfosov
Assistant coaches
Aleksandr Kalinin, Shapkin SA
Eponymous skills"Dalaloyan" (Parallel Bars) Double salto forward piked with 1/2 turn (G)
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Russia & Russia ROC
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Championships 3 4 2
European Championships 5 2 3
Total 9 6 5
Representing Russia ROC
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoTeam
Representing  Russia
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 DohaAll-Around
Gold medal – first place2018 DohaFloor Exercise
Gold medal – first place2019 StuttgartTeam
Silver medal – second place2018 DohaTeam
Silver medal – second place2018 DohaVault
Silver medal – second place2019 StuttgartAll-Around
Silver medal – second place2019 StuttgartVault
Bronze medal – third place2018 DohaParallel Bars
Bronze medal – third place2019 StuttgartHorizontal Bar
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Cluj-NapocaVault
Gold medal – first place2018 GlasgowTeam
Gold medal – first place2018 GlasgowVault
Gold medal – first place2018 GlasgowParallel Bars
Gold medal – first place2019 SzczecinFloor Exercise
Silver medal – second place2017 Cluj-NapocaAll-Around
Silver medal – second place2019 SzczecinAll-Around
Bronze medal – third place2018 GlasgowFloor Exercise
Bronze medal – third place2019 SzczecinVault
Bronze medal – third place2019 SzczecinHorizontal Bar
AwardsLongines Prize for Elegance
Merited Master of Sport of Russia
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Personal life

Dalaloyan was born in Tiraspol, Moldova to an Armenian father and a Russian mother.[2] He has a younger brother. Their parents later moved to Russia. Dalaloyan started doing gymnastics at age six, while still living in Novosibirsk. A year later, his family relocated to Moscow and he began training under Aleksandr Kalinin. Dalaloyan's father left when he was young and is not in contact with him.[3]

While a schoolboy, he performed as a backup dancer for Russia's entrant Alexandra Golovchenko in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007.[4]

He married Olga Borodina, after proposing in 2019. They have two daughters together, Nicole (born 2019), and Karolina (born 2021). Olga additionally has a son, Stepan, from a previous relationship.

Career

Junior

In his junior career, Dalaloyan won bronze in the all-around the 2013 Russian Junior Nationals. He competed at the 2013 Gymnasiade in Brasília where Russia won the team gold ahead of Great Britain.

Senior

2015–17

In 2015 and 2016, He competed in the Russian Championships however, Dalaloyan was not selected as an entry list or alternate for the 2016 Rio Olympics. On December 18–22, Dalaloyan won the all-around gold at the Voronin Cup.[5]

In 2017, Dalaloyan had a career breakthrough where he became the 2017 Russian National all-around champion.[6] He then competed in his first major senior event at the 2017 European Championships where he won the all-around silver medal behind Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev.[7] He qualified in the vault finals where he won the gold medal ahead of Marian Drăgulescu. On August 23–27, Dalaloyan competed at the Russian Cup in Ekaterinburg, he won gold in team, in the all-around after bombing in pommel horse; he slipped into 4th place behind Nikita Ignatyev. In the apparatus finals, Dalaloyan won gold in vault (tied with Nikita Nagornyy) and two silver medals on Parallel Bars and Floor Exercise.[8]

2018

In 2018, Dalaloyan became all-around World Champion. He became the first Russian to achieve that feat since 1999 (when Nikolai Kryukov won in that discipline). He earned 87.598 total points, as did Xiao Ruoteng, though after tie-breaking rules were enforced (which drop the lowest exercise score), Dalaloyan was named All-Around Champion.[9][10] In event finals, Dalaloyan then won gold on floor exercise, silver on vault, and bronze on parallel bars.[11] He was also awarded the Longines Prize for Elegance.[12]

2019

At the 2019 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Szczecin, Poland, Dalaloyan placed second all-around, first on floor exercise, and third on vault and high bar.[13]

At the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Dalaloyan won with his team, the Russian Federation's first World Championship Team Gold medal, and a silver medal in the Individual All Around competition behind teammate Nikita Nagornyy.[14]

2021

At the Russian National Championships Dalaloyan placed second behind Aleksandr Kartsev. He was selected to compete at the upcoming European Championships but had to withdraw to a partial Achilles ligament tear.[15] In June Dalaloyan was selected to represent the Russian Olympic Committee at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Denis Ablyazin, David Belyavskiy, and Nikita Nagornyy.[16]

At the Olympic Games Dalaloyan helped the Russian athletes qualify to the team final in third place and individually he qualified to the all-around final despite his recent injury.[17] During the team final he competed on all six events and helped the team win gold with a score of 262.5; this was the first team Olympic gold medal for Russian athletes in 25 years.[18] During the all-around final Dalaloyan finished sixth.[19]

On 11 September, Dalaloyan along with his Olympic Team were awarded with Order of Friendship medals by President Vladimir Putin.[20]

2024

In June 2024, he became the silver medalist of the BRICS Games in the ring exercises and in the individual all-around.[21]

Participant of the first season of the extreme sports TV show "Super Ninja" on the CTC channel.[22] In 2024, he took part in the first season of the TNT channel's Titans show under the number "1", and reached the final release.[23]

Competitive history

More information Year, Event ...
Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
Junior
2012Olympic Hopes Penza1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Russian Junior Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Alexander Dityatin Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)81st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Voronin Junior Cup241st place, gold medalist(s)4
2013Olympic Hopes Penza1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)41st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
International Junior Japan772nd place, silver medalist(s)73rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Gymnasiade1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Valeri Liukin Invitational68
2014
Junior European Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)47
Senior
2014Voronin Cup76
2015 National Championships483rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Russian Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)63rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Voronin Cup53rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2016National Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Voronin Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2017National Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)862nd place, silver medalist(s)46
European Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Russian Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)42nd place, silver medalist(s)41st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships8
2018Tokyo World Cup4
National Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)56
Russian Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)742nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)8
2019
European Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)43rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)42nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Arthur Gander Memorial2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2020Friendship & Solidarity Meet2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2021National Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)6
Olympic Games1st place, gold medalist(s)6
2022National Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2024BRICS Games2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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Eponymous skills

Dalaloyan has one skill named after him in the Code of Points (CoP)—a dismount in parallel bars.[24]

More information Apparatus, Name ...
ApparatusNameDescriptionDifficultyCompetition Completed—Notes
Parallel barsDalaloyanDouble salto forward piked with 1/2 turnG2019 European Championships
Skill already in the CoP but awaiting successful completion in competition.
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