Gor Hovakimyan
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| Born | 3 November 2004 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Triple jump | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | Triple jump: 16.66m (2026) Long jump: 7.67m (2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Gor Hovakimyan (born 3 November 2004) is an Armenian triple jumper and long jumper. He won the triple jump at the 2026 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships and represented Armenia at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[1]
Biography
Hovakimyan is coached by his father Garnik Hovakimyan as well as the fourth best long jumper of all time, Robert Emmiyan.[2] In April 2025, he won two silver medals, one in the triple jump with a jump of 15.72 metres, and one in the long jump with a best jump of 7.41 metres, at the 4th International Athletics Tournament Imam Reza Cup in Iran.[3] He set a personal best in the long jump of 7.76 metres representing Armenia at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships Third Division in Maribor, Slovenia, in June 2015, placing third overall.[4] He also placed second in the triple jump at the championships.[5]
Hovakimyan won the 2026 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships In Belgrade, Serbia, with a personal best jump of 16.66 metres in February 2026.[6] He was the youngest man to qualify for the triple jump at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland in March 2026, where he placed fourteenth overall with a best jump of 16.25 metres.[7][8]
References
- ↑ "Gor Hovakimyan". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ "Gor Hovakimyan to represent Armenia at the 2026 World Championships". Sportaran.com. 18 March 2026. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ "Armenian athletes performed successfully at the tournament in Iran". Sportaran. 28 April 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ "European Athletics Team Championships Third Division". World Athletics. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ "European Athletics Team Championships Third Division". World Athletics. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ "Hovakimyan and Mkrtchyan Win Gold Medals at the Balkan Championships". Sportaran.com. 21 Feb 2026. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ Khatchaturian, Andre (March 18, 2026). "ARMENIA'S GOR HOVAKIMYAN TO COMPETE AT 2026 WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". Armenian Sports News. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 20 March 2026. Retrieved 20 March 2026.