Levon Aghasyan

Levon Aghasyan (Armenian: Լեւոն Աղասյան; born 19 January 1995 in Kapan) is an Armenian athlete specialising in the triple jump.[3] He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics without qualifying for the final. In addition, he won the gold medal at the 2013 European Junior Championships.

Levon Aghasyan
Personal information
Born (1995-01-19) 19 January 1995
Kapan[1]
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Triple jump

His personal bests in the event are 16.85 metres outdoors (+0.9 m/s, Artashat 2016) and 16.59 metres indoors (Ust-Kamenogorsk 2017).

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Armenia
2011 World Youth Championships Lille, France 6th Triple jump 15.24 m
European Youth Olympic Festival Trabzon, Turkey 4th Triple jump 15.49 m (w)
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain – Triple jump NM
2013 European Junior Championships Rieti, Italy 1st Triple jump 16.01 m
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 5th Triple jump 16.28 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 16th (q) Triple jump 15.94 m
European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 8th Triple jump 15.88 m
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 20th (q) Triple jump 16.21 m (w)
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 36th (q) Triple jump 15.54 m
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia – Triple jump NM
European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 13th (q) Triple jump 15.62 m
Jeux de la Francophonie Abidjan, Ivory Coast 8th Triple jump 15.52 m
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 14th (q) Triple jump 16.34 m
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 10th (q) Triple jump 16.38 m
Universiade Naples, Italy 10th Triple jump 15.73 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 29th (q) Triple jump 16.24 m

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Levon Aghasyan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  2. Rio 2016 bio
  3. Levon Aghasyan at World Athletics


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