Artur Dalaloyan

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{{Infobox gymnast

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| image = Artur Dalaloyan 2021.jpg

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| caption = Dalaloyan at the Kremlin in 2021

| full_name = Artur Grachyevich Dalaloyan

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|04|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Tiraspol, Moldova{{cite news |title="Хотел всё бросить, но выдержал". Мама — о пути к золоту ЧМ гимнаста Далалояна {{!}} Федерации спортивной гимнастики России |url=http://sportgymrus.ru/hotel-vsyo-brosit-no-vy-derzhal-mama-o-puti-k-zolotu-ch-m-gimnasta-dalaloyana/ |access-date=2 November 2018 |work=sportgymrus.ru |date=2 November 2018}}

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| height = 1.62 m

| discipline = MAG

| natlteam = 2013 – present (RUS)

| club = Dynamo Moscow

| gym = Round Lake

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| headcoach = Valery Alfosov

| assistcoach = Aleksandr Kalinin, Shapkin SA

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| eponymousskills = "Dalaloyan" (Parallel Bars) Double salto forward piked with 1/2 turn (G)

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| awards = Longines Prize for Elegance
Merited Master of Sport of Russia

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| nickname = King Artur

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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

Dalaloyan was born in Tiraspol, Moldova to an Armenian father and a Russian mother.[https://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/solyankaa/2241017.html Лепил из пластилина, собирал помидоры и жил в общежитии. Артура Далалояна хорошо помнят в родном селе] 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.{{Cite web |url=https://eng.gymnovosti.com/dalaloyan-we-were-booed-in-glasgow/ |title=Dalaloyan: We were booed in Glasgow |date=December 10, 2018 |website=eng.gymnovosti.com |access-date=February 26, 2025}}

While a schoolboy, he performed as a backup dancer for Russia's entrant Alexandra Golovchenko in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007.{{cite news |last=Ovcharova |first=Ekaterina |title=Стремление к абсолюту |trans-title=Striving for the Absolute |work=Dynamo |volume=1 |issue=27 |page=24 |date=January–February 2019 |access-date=29 July 2021 |url=https://www.dynamo.su/upload/iblock/29f/29f4f9b94f4f1260f786e514eb0cb8a4.pdf#page=26 |language=Russian }}

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.

Career

= Junior =

In his junior career, Dalaloyan won bronze in the all-around the 2013 Russian Junior Nationals. He competed at the 2013 Gymnasiade in Brasília where Russia won the team gold ahead of Great Britain.

= Senior =

== 2015–17 ==

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.

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

== 2018 ==

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.[https://www.sport-express.ru/artistic-gymnastics/news/artur-dalaloyan-chempion-mira-v-mnogobore-1474012/ Артур Далалоян - чемпион мира в многоборье!][http://tass.com/sport/1028788 Russian gymnast Dalaloyan wins gold in men's All-Around event of 2018 World Championships] In event finals, Dalaloyan then won gold on floor exercise, silver on vault, and bronze on parallel bars.[https://news.sportbox.ru/Vidy_sporta/gimnastika/spbnews_NI917321_Artur_Dalalojan_stal_chempionom_mira_v_volnyh_uprazhnenijah Артур Далалоян стал чемпионом мира в вольных упражнениях] He was also awarded the Longines Prize for Elegance.{{Cite web |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=2299128 |title=Russia's Artur Dalaloyan and Angelina Melnikova win 2018 Longines Prize for Elegance in Artistic Gymnastics |date=1 November 2018 |website=gymnastics.sport |access-date=26 February 2025}}

== 2019 ==

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.{{Cite web|title=Artistic Gymnastics DALALOYAN Artur|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/artistic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n1406253-dalaloyan-artur.htm|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-27|website=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|language=en-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724213519/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/artistic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n1406253-dalaloyan-artur.htm |archive-date=2021-07-24 }}

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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/2019-world-gymnastics-championships-results |title=2019 World Gymnastics Championships Results |date=October 8, 2019 |website=nbcsports.com |access-date=February 26, 2025}}

== 2021 ==

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.{{cite web|url=http://eng.gymnovosti.com/dalaloyan-will-miss-euros-due-to-injury/|title=Dalaloyan will miss Euros due to injury|work=Gymnovosti|date=April 16, 2021}} In June Dalaloyan was selected to represent the Russian Olympic Committee at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Denis Ablyazin, David Belyavskiy, and Nikita Nagornyy.{{cite web|url=http://eng.gymnovosti.com/rodionenko-we-decided-on-the-teams-for-the-olympic-games/|title=Rodionenko: We Decided On The Teams For The Olympic Games|work=Gymnovosti|date=June 10, 2021}}

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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/gymnastics-dalaloyan-reaches-all-around-final-despite-recent-achilles-injury-2021-07-24/|title=Gymnastics-Dalaloyan reaches all-around final despite recent Achilles injury|newspaper=Reuters|date=24 July 2021|last1=Tétrault-Farber|first1=Gabrielle}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Artistic Gymnastics - Final Results|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/artistic-gymnastics/results-men-s-team-fnl-000001-.htm|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Tokyo 2020|language=en-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725183829/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/artistic-gymnastics/results-men-s-team-fnl-000001-.htm |archive-date=2021-07-25 }} During the all-around final Dalaloyan finished sixth.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcboston.com/news/sports/tokyo-summer-olympics/mens-gymnastics-in-home-country-daiki-hashimoto-goes-for-gold-in-all-around/2444641/|title=Men's Gymnastics: Daiki Hashimoto Wins All-Around Gold in Home Country|work=NBC Boston|date=July 28, 2021}}

On 11 September, Dalaloyan along with his Olympic Team were awarded with Order of Friendship medals by President Vladimir Putin.[http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/66659 Awarding state decorations to winners of the XXXII Olympic Games in Tokyo]

Competitive history

width=7% class=unsortable\| Year ! width=37% class=unsortable\| Event ! width=7% class=unsortable\| Team ! width=7% class=unsortable\| AA ! width=7% class=unsortable\|FX ! width=7% class=unsortable\|PH ! width=7% class=unsortable\|SR ! width=7% class=unsortable\|VT ! width=7% class=unsortable\|PB ! width=7% class=unsortable\|HB
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colspan="10" \| Junior
rowspan="4" \| 2012	align=left\| Olympic Hopes Penza	{{gold1}}	{{bronze3}}	{{silver2}}					{{bronze3}}
align=left \| Russian Junior Championships	colspan="2"\|{{bronze3}}
align=left \| Alexander Dityatin Cup		{{gold1}}	8		{{gold1}}	{{bronze3}}	colspan="2"\|{{gold1}}
align=left \| Voronin Junior Cup		24	{{gold1}}		4
rowspan="4" \|2013	align=left\| Olympic Hopes Penza	{{gold1}}	{{silver2}}		4	{{gold1}}			{{gold1}}
align=left \| International Junior Japan		7		7	{{silver2}}		7	{{bronze3}}
align=left\|Gymnasiade	{{gold1}}	{{bronze3}}			colspan="2"\|{{gold1}}		{{silver2}}
align=left \| Valeri Liukin Invitational	6	8
rowspan="2" \| 2014
bgcolor=#F5F6CE \|align=left\|Junior European Championships	{{silver2}}				4	7
colspan="10" \| Senior
rowspan="1" \| 2014	align=left\| Voronin Cup			7					6
rowspan="3" \| 2015 \| align=left \| National Championships	4	8	{{bronze3}}
align=left\|Russian Cup	rowspan="2"\|{{silver2}}	6				rowspan="3"\|{{bronze3}}
align=left\| Voronin Cup	5	{{bronze3}}
rowspan="2" \|2016	align=left \| National Championships	{{bronze3}}
align=left\|Voronin Cup		{{gold1}}	{{silver2}}
rowspan="4" \|2017	align=left\|National Championships	colspan="2"\|{{gold1}}	8	6		{{silver2}}	4	6
bgcolor=#F5F6CE \| align=left\| European Championships		{{silver2}}				{{gold1}}
align=left\|Russian Cup	{{gold1}}	4	{{silver2}}		4	{{gold1}}	{{silver2}}
bgcolor=#CCCCFF \| align=left\|World Championships						8
rowspan="5" \|2018	align=left\|Tokyo World Cup		4
align=left\|National Championships	rowspan="2"\|{{gold1}}	rowspan="2"\|{{gold1}}	rowspan="2"\|{{silver2}}		{{bronze3}}		5	6
align=left\|Russian Cup		{{silver2}}	7	4	{{silver2}}
bgcolor=#F5F6CE \| align=left\|European Championships	{{gold1}}		{{bronze3}}			colspan="2"\|{{gold1}}
bgcolor=#CCCCFF \| align=left\|World Championships	{{silver2}}	colspan="2"\|{{gold1}}			{{silver2}}	{{bronze3}}	8
rowspan="4" \|2019
bgcolor=#F5F6CE \| align=left\|European Championships		{{silver2}}	{{gold1}}			{{bronze3}}	4	{{bronze3}}
bgcolor=#CCCCFF \| align=left\|World Championships	{{gold1}}	{{silver2}}	4			{{silver2}}		{{bronze3}}
align=left\| Arthur Gander Memorial		colspan="2"\|{{silver2}}		colspan="2"\|{{gold1}}	{{silver2}}
rowspan="1" \| 2020	align=left \| Friendship & Solidarity Meet	{{silver2}}
rowspan="2" \| 2021	align=left \| National Championships	{{bronze3}}	{{silver2}}	{{gold1}}		{{bronze3}}	{{gold1}}	{{silver2}}	6
bgcolor=98FB98 \| align=left \| Olympic Games	{{gold1}}	6
rowspan="1" \|2022	align=left\| National Championships	{{bronze3}}	{{gold1}}
rowspan="1" \| 2024	align=left \| BRICS Games		{{silver2}}			{{silver2}}

Eponymous skills

Dalaloyan has one skill named after him in the Code of Points (CoP)—a dismount in parallel bars.{{cite web |title=The New Men's Elements of 2019 |url=https://thegymter.net/2020/01/13/the-new-mens-elements-of-2019/ |website=The Gymternet |date=13 January 2020 |access-date=12 June 2020 |ref=Skill on COP}}

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

References

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{{cite web | url = http://www.gymmedia.com/Artistic-Gymnastics/23rd-International-Mikhail-Voronin-Cup-2016 | title =23rd International Mikhail Voronin Cup 2016| publisher=Gymmedia|date =21 December 2016}}

{{cite web | url = http://www.ueg.org/en/Natalia-Kapitonova-and-Artur-Dalaloyan-grab-Russian-all-around-titles-2017-03-09-1200 | title = Natalia Kapitonova and Artur Dalaloyan grab Russian all-around titles | publisher = European Union of Gymnastics | date = 9 March 2017 | access-date = 21 April 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180829072303/http://www.ueg.org/en/Natalia-Kapitonova-and-Artur-Dalaloyan-grab-Russian-all-around-titles-2017-03-09-1200 | archive-date = 29 August 2018 }}

{{cite web | url = https://www.sports.ru/others/gymnastics/1050498747.html | title =Спортивная гимнастика. Чемпионат Европы. Верняев и Дауни победили в многоборье, Далалоян – 2-й, Еремина – 4-я| publisher=Sports.ru|date =21 April 2017}}

{{cite web | url = http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4880:melnikova-nagornyy-win-russian-cup&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=164 | title =Melnikova, Nagornyy Win Russian Cup Titles| publisher=International Gymnast Magazine |access-date=2017-08-25}}

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