Hrachya Petikyan

Hrachya Petikyan (Armenian: Հրաչյա Պետիկյան, born 23 February 1960) is an Armenian sports shooter and USSR, European, four-time World and Olympic Champion. Petikyan is a four-time Olympian who has represented three nations: the Soviet Union, the Unified Team and the Republic of Armenia. He has been awarded the Honored Master of Sport of the USSR title.

Hrachya Petikyan
Personal information
Born (1960-02-23) 23 February 1960
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
CountryArmenia
SportSport shooting
ClubDynamo Yerevan
Medal record
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona50 m rifle three positions
ISSF World Shooting Championships
1986 Suhl50 m rifle kneeling, Team
1986 Suhl50 m rifle three positions, Team
1986 Suhl50 m rifle standing, Team
1990 Moscow50 m rifle three positions, Team
1990 Moscow300 m rifle three positions, Team
1990 Moscow50 m rifle standing, Team
1990 Moscow50 m rifle kneeling, Team
1990 Moscow300 m rifle kneeling, Team
1990 Moscow300 m rifle standing, Team
1990 Moscow50 m rifle three positions
1990 Moscow50 m rifle kneeling
European Shooting Championships
1985 Osijek50 m rifle three positions, Team
1985 Osijek50 m rifle three positions
1988 Stavanger10 m air rifle
1988 Stavanger10 m air rifle, Team
1989 Zagreb50 m rifle standing
1993 Brno50 m rifle three positions

Petikyan started shooting in the Yerevan dynamo sports club under the honored coach of Armenia, Martyn Kalechyan. For many years, Petikyan was a member of the USSR national team and a Champion of Europe and the World in individual and team competitions. He has also won many medals at ISSF world competitions that are now discontinued.

At the 1988 Summer Olympics, competing as a Soviet, Petikyan participated in the 10 metre air rifle and the 50 metre rifle, three positions. He notably came in sixth place in the latter.

Petikyan was entrusted with carrying the Armenian flag at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He won the gold medal in the 50 metre rifle three positions and set the Olympic record at 1,267.4 in the finals. He also came in eighth place in the 50 metre rifle prone, meaning he had ranked in the top eight of every rifle competition at the Olympics.[1]

Petikyan now began representing his native Armenia. He competed for Armenia at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics, each in his specialty, the men's 50 metre rifle three positions. However, he was unable to qualify for the finals at either Olympics.

In 1997, he headed the Armenian Shooting Federation and junior sports school for shooting in Armenia. In 2007, Petikyan participated in the ceremony to light the fire for the IV Pan-Armenian Games.[2]

References
  1. "Shooting at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  2. Панармянские игры: единение и спортивное торжество (in Russian). www.noev-kovcheg.ru. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
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