21 Facts About Artur Dalaloyan

Artur Grachyevich Dalaloyan born 26 April 1996 is a Russian artistic gymnast who represented ROC at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Artur Dalaloyan 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.

Artur Dalaloyan is a nine-time World medalist and a five-time European champion.

Artur Dalaloyan was born in Tiraspol, Moldova to an Armenian father and a Russian mother.

Artur Dalaloyan started doing gymnastics at age six, while still living in Novosibirsk.

Artur Dalaloyan's father left when he was young and is not in contact with him.

In March 2019 Artur Dalaloyan proposed to his partner Olga and they married that year.

Artur Dalaloyan competed at the 2013 Gymnasiade in Brasilia where Russia won the team gold ahead of Great Britain.

In 2015 and 2016, He competed in the Russian Championships however, Artur Dalaloyan was not selected as an entry list or alternate for the 2016 Rio Olympics.

In 2017, Artur Dalaloyan had a career breakthrough where he became the 2017 Russian National all-around champion.

Artur Dalaloyan 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.

Artur Dalaloyan became the first Russian to achieve that feat since 1999.

Artur Dalaloyan earned 87.598 total points, as did Xiao Ruoteng, though after tie-breaking rules were enforced, Dalaloyan was named All-Around Champion.

In event finals, Artur Dalaloyan then won gold on floor exercise, silver on vault, and bronze on parallel bars.

At the 2019 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Szczecin, Poland, Artur Dalaloyan placed second all-around, first on floor exercise, and third on vault and high bar.

At the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Artur 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.

At the Russian National Championships Artur Dalaloyan placed second behind Aleksandr Kartsev.

Artur Dalaloyan was selected to compete at the upcoming European Championships but had to withdraw to a partial Achilles ligament tear.

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

At the Olympic Games Artur 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.