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Artur Dalaloyan

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Grachyevich and the family name is Dalaloyan.
Artur Dalaloyan
Dalaloyan at the Kremlin in 2021
Personal information
Full nameArtur Grachyevich Dalaloyan
Nickname(s)King Artur
Country represented Russia
Born (1996-04-26) 26 April 1996 (age 28)
Tiraspol, Moldova[1]
HometownMoscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia
ResidenceMoscow, Russia
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Levelsenior international elite
Years on national team2013 – present (RUS)
ClubDynamo Moscow
GymRound Lake
Head coach(es)Valery Alfosov
Assistant coach(es)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 place 2020 Tokyo Team
Representing  Russia
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Doha All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2018 Doha Floor Exercise
Gold medal – first place 2019 Stuttgart Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Doha Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Doha Vault
Silver medal – second place 2019 Stuttgart All-Around
Silver medal – second place 2019 Stuttgart Vault
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Doha Parallel Bars
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Stuttgart Horizontal Bar
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Cluj-Napoca Vault
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow Vault
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow Parallel Bars
Gold medal – first place 2019 Szczecin Floor Exercise
Silver medal – second place 2017 Cluj-Napoca All-Around
Silver medal – second place 2019 Szczecin All-Around
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Glasgow Floor Exercise
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Szczecin Vault
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Szczecin Horizontal Bar
AwardsLongines Prize for Elegance
Merited Master of Sport of Russia

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.

Personal life

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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.[citation needed]

While a schoolboy, he performed as a backup dancer for Russia's entrant Alexandra Golovchenko in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007.[3]

In March 2019 Artur proposed to his partner Olga and they married that year. Their daughter Nikol was born on 16 August 2019, and their second daughter, Karolina, was born in March 2021. Olga also has a son from a previous relationship.[citation needed]

Career

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Junior

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In his junior career, Dalaloyan won bronze in the all-around the 2013 Russian Junior Nationals. He competed at the 2013 Gymnasiade in Brasilia where Russia won the team gold ahead of Great Britain. He won individual medals, taking gold in the rings and vault, silver in the horizontal bar, and bronze in the all-around event.[citation needed]

He appeared in his first major international competition at the 2014 European Junior Championships where the Russian Team won the silver medal, he also qualified in 2 individual apparatus in vault and rings.[citation needed]

Senior

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2015–17

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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.[4]

In 2017, Dalaloyan had a career breakthrough where he became the 2017 Russian National all-around champion.[5] 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.[6] 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 2 silver medals on Parallel Bars and Floor Exercise.[7]

2018

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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.[8][9] In event finals, Dalaloyan then won gold on floor exercise, silver on vault, and bronze on parallel bars.[10] He was also awarded the Longines Prize for Elegance.[citation needed]

2019

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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.[11]

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.[citation needed]

2021

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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.[12] In June Dalaloyan was selected to represent the Russian Olympic Committee at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Denis Ablyazin, David Belyavskiy, and Nikita Nagornyy.[13]

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.[14] 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.[15] During the all-around final Dalaloyan finished sixth.[16]

On 11 September, Dalaloyan along with his Olympic Team were awarded with Order of Friendship medals by President Vladimir Putin.[17]

Competitive history

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Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
Junior
2012 Olympic Hopes Penza 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Russian Junior Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Alexander Dityatin Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Voronin Junior Cup 24 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4
2013 Olympic Hopes Penza 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
International Junior Japan 7 7 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Gymnasiade 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Valeri Liukin Invitational 6 8
2014
Junior European Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 7
Senior
2014 Voronin Cup 7 6
2015 National Championships 4 8 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Russian Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Voronin Cup 5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2016 National Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Voronin Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2017 National Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 6 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 6
European Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Russian Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships 8
2018 Tokyo World Cup 4
National Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 6
Russian Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8
2019
European Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Arthur Gander Memorial 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2020 Friendship & Solidarity Meet 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2021 National Championships 3rd 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 Games 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6
2022 National Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2024 BRICS Games 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Eponymous skills

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Dalaloyan has one skill named after him in the Code of Points (CoP)—a dismount in parallel bars.[18]

Apparatus Name Description Difficulty Competition Completed—Notes
Parallel bars Dalaloyan Double salto forward piked with 1/2 turn G 2019 European Championships
Skill already in the CoP but awaiting successful completion in competition.

References

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  1. ^ ""Хотел всё бросить, но выдержал". Мама — о пути к золоту ЧМ гимнаста Далалояна | Федерации спортивной гимнастики России". sportgymrus.ru. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  2. ^ Лепил из пластилина, собирал помидоры и жил в общежитии. Артура Далалояна хорошо помнят в родном селе
  3. ^ Ovcharova, Ekaterina (January–February 2019). "Стремление к абсолюту" [Striving for the Absolute] (PDF). Dynamo (in Russian). Vol. 1, no. 27. p. 24. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  4. ^ "23rd International Mikhail Voronin Cup 2016". Gymmedia. 21 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Natalia Kapitonova and Artur Dalaloyan grab Russian all-around titles". European Union of Gymnastics. 9 March 2017. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Спортивная гимнастика. Чемпионат Европы. Верняев и Дауни победили в многоборье, Далалоян – 2-й, Еремина – 4-я". Sports.ru. 21 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Melnikova, Nagornyy Win Russian Cup Titles". International Gymnast Magazine. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  8. ^ Артур Далалоян - чемпион мира в многоборье!
  9. ^ Russian gymnast Dalaloyan wins gold in men’s All-Around event of 2018 World Championships
  10. ^ Артур Далалоян стал чемпионом мира в вольных упражнениях
  11. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics DALALOYAN Artur". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 2021-07-24. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  12. ^ "Dalaloyan will miss Euros due to injury". Gymnovosti. April 16, 2021.
  13. ^ "Rodionenko: We Decided On The Teams For The Olympic Games". Gymnovosti. June 10, 2021.
  14. ^ Tétrault-Farber, Gabrielle (24 July 2021). "Gymnastics-Dalaloyan reaches all-around final despite recent Achilles injury". Reuters.
  15. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics - Final Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  16. ^ "Men's Gymnastics: Daiki Hashimoto Wins All-Around Gold in Home Country". NBC Boston. July 28, 2021.
  17. ^ Awarding state decorations to winners of the XXXII Olympic Games in Tokyo
  18. ^ "The New Men's Elements of 2019". The Gymternet. The Gymternet. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
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