Armenian Sports

Some well known Armenians in the sports world

• Andre Agassi - Tennis player
• David Nalbandian - Tennis player
• Artavasd Harutyunyan - Kidoryu Karate Federation of Armenia, President, Black Belt 3th Dan
• Jerry Tarkanian - College and professional basketball head coach, commonly known as "Tark the Shark"
• Ara Parseghian - Notre Dame Football head coach
• Sargis Sargsian - won the 1994 NCAA Tennis Championship
• Garry Kasparov - Chess Grandmaster.
• Tigran Petrosian - Chess player.Grandmaster
• Steve Bedrossian- Baseball pitcher Atlanta Braves, and Philadelphia Phillies.
• Steve Sarkissian- BYU quarterback
• Garo Yepremian - NFL football player, place kicker for the Miami Dolphins in the 70's.
• Youri Djorkaeff - 1998 World Cup winning French Team
• Alain Boghossian - 1998 World Cup winning French Team
• Alain Prost - Won Formula 1 race 4 times
• Eduard Goroyan - Black Belt 6th Dan,International Martial Arts Coach,"Coach of The Year" 2008.

See also

• Olympics
• Chess
• Pan-Armenian Games

External Links

• The Cycling Federation of Armenia
• The armenian sport news, federations, video, encyclopedia
• Famous Armenian Sportspeople