Sports: Armenia athletes won 48 international gold medals in 2016

YEREVAN. – In the year past, the athletes of Armenia won 48 world and European gold medals. 

The Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, Hrachya Rostomyan, stated the above-said during Monday’s debates on the 2016 State Budget performance report, at the standing committees of the National Assembly of Armenia. 

As per the minister, these athletes competed in 165 international events last year, and they won 48 gold, 60 silver and 62 bronze medals in twelve sports. 

In particular, Armenia’s athletes participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where Greco-Roman wrestler Artur Aleksanyan became Olympic champion, while Greco-Roman wrestler Migran Arutyunyan and weightlifters Simon Martirosyan and Gor Minasyan won silver medals at this event.