Artur Ayvazyan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Artur Ayvazyan

Ukrainian sport shooter

Date of Birth: 14-Jan-1973

Place of Birth: Yerevan, Armenia

Profession: sport shooter

Nationality: Russia, Ukraine

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Artur Surenovych Ayvazyan (Armenian: ?????? ????????; Ukrainian: ????? ????????? ???????, born 14 January 1973) is an Olympic shooter for Ukraine and Russia who won a gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Born in Armenia, Ayvazyan took up shooting in 1985 and moved to Ukraine in 1990, when he competed in his first major international tournament as a junior.
He won one medal as a junior, in 1993, before moving up to the senior division in 1994.
He moved to Simferopol in 1997 to train with a new coach and captured his first ISSF World Cup victory the following year.
As of 2012 he has participated in every edition of the Olympics since 2000 and has won six World and seven European Championship medals in individual and team events, including his junior bronze from 1993.
In 2014 he began competing for Russia.