Margarita Mkrtchyan
Russian taekwondo practitioner (1981–2013)
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Margarita Mkrtchyan (Russian: Маргарита Гегамовна Мкртчян; 6 April 1981 – 11 July 2013) was a Russian taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the women's featherweight category.[1] She claimed three medals (two silvers and one bronze) in the women's 55 and 59-kg classes at the European Championships and also finished seventh in the 57-kg division at the 2004 Summer Olympics, representing her nation Russia.[2] Mkrtchyan also trained as a full-fledged member of the taekwondo team for CSKA Moscow under her personal coach and master Boris Zenkin.[3]
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| Full name | Margarita Mkrtchyan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 April 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 July 2013 (aged 32) Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 57 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CSKA Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Boris Zenkin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mkrtchyan qualified for the Russian squad in the women's featherweight class (57 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing second behind Spain's Sonia Reyes and granting a berth from the European Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.[2][4][5] She crashed out in an opening round defeat to U.S. taekwondo fighter Nia Abdallah with a score of 9–16, but slipped into the repechage bracket for her chance of an Olympic bronze medal, following Abdallah's progress towards the final match.[3][6] In the repechage, Mkrtchyan subsided her Olympic medal chance by losing the first playoff 2–5 to her Italian opponent and two-time Olympian Cristiana Corsi, relegating the Russian to seventh position.[7][8]
Mkrtchyan died in an automobile accident on 11 July 2013.[9]
