Mamikon Khachatryan
Armenian gymnast (born 2007)
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Mamikon Khachatryan (born 18 February 2007) is an Armenian artistic gymnast. He is the 2025 World silver medalist, 2023 Junior World silver medalist, and a two-time European medalist on pommel horse.
Armenia- (2018–present)
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| Full name | Mamikon Khachatryan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 February 2007 Yerevan, Armenia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Artak Aydinyan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
Khachatryan was born in Armenia in 2007. He started gymnastics training at the Albert Azaryan Sports School when he was five years old because his parents wanted him to burn off excess energy.[1]
Gymnastics career
Khachatryan competed at the 2022 European Championships where he placed fourth on pommel horse.[2][3]
In late March, Khachatryan competed at the 2023 Junior World Championships alongside Erik Baghdasaryan and Hamlet Manukyan. As a team, they finished fourth, 0.437 points behind third-place Italy. Individually, Khachatryan qualified to the pommel horse final. During apparatus event finals Khachatryan won silver on pommel horse behind compatriot Manukyan.[4][5] Khachatryan next competed at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival alongside Manukyan and Robert Gyulumyan; together they won bronze as a team and individually Khachatryan won gold on pommel horse.[6]
Khachatryan competed at the 2024 European Championships where he won bronze on pommel horse.[7]
2025
Khachatryan became age-eligible for senior-level competition in 2025. He made his senior debut at the Cottbus World Cup where he finished fourth on pommel horse.[8] Khachatryan next competed at the World Cups in Osijek and Doha, where he finished fourth and seventh.[9] At the 2025 European Championships Khachatryan won silver on pommel horse behind Manukyan.[10]
Khachatryan competed at the 2025 World Championships where he won silver on pommel horse.[11] In doing so he earned Armenia's highest placement ever on the apparatus at a World Championships, beating Harutyun Merdinyan's previous bronze medal finishes in 2015 and 2022.[12]
2026
Khachatryan competed at the 2026 Cottbus World Cup where he won silver on pommel horse behind Gabriele Targhetta.[13] Khachatryan and the rest of the Armenian delegation were scheduled to compete at the Antalya World Cup; however flight disruptions in the Middle East caused them to be unable to travel to Antalya in time for the competition.[14] Khachatryan was able to compete at the Cairo and Osijek World Cups, where he placed fourth and sixth respectively on pommel horse.[15]
At the 2026 European Championships, Khachatryan won bronze on pommel horse behind Targhetta and Manukyan.[16]
Competitive history
| Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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| 2022 | |||||||||
| European Championships | 12 | 4 | |||||||
| 2023 | |||||||||
| Junior World Championships | 4 |  | |||||||
| European Youth Olympic Festival |  | 4 |  | 8 | |||||
| Pharaoh's Cup | | | | | |||||
| 2024 | |||||||||
| European Championships | 10 | | |||||||
| Voronin Cup | | 6 | | 8 | |||||
| Christmas Cup | |
| Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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| 2025 | Cottbus World Cup | 4 | |||||||
| Osijek World Cup | 4 | ||||||||
| Doha World Cup | 7 | ||||||||
| European Championships | | ||||||||
| Tashkent World Challenge Cup | | ||||||||
| World University Games | 8 | ||||||||
| World Championships | N/a | | |||||||
| 2026 | Cottbus World Cup | | |||||||
| Cairo World Cup | 4 | ||||||||
| Osijek World Cup | 6 | ||||||||
| European Championships | |
