Hamlet Manukyan

Hamlet Manukyan
Manukyan at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Full nameHamlet Manukyan
Born (2007-08-22) 22 August 2007
Vagharshapat, Armenia
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented
Armenia Armenia
(2018–present)
ClubArmenian State Institute of Physical Culture
Head coach
Hakob Serobyan
Assistant coach
Hayk Nazaryan
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Armenia
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 LeipzigPommel horse
Silver medal – second place2026 ZagrebPommel horse
World University Games
Gold medal – first place2025 Rhine-RuhrPommel horse
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 AntalyaPommel horse
Gold medal – first place2023 AntalyaRings
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Apparatus World Cup 5 0 0
World Challenge Cup 0 1 0
Total 5 1 0

Hamlet Manukyan (born 22 August 2007) is an Armenian artistic gymnast. He is the 2023 Junior World Champion on pommel horse and rings as well as the 2025 European Champion on the former.

Early life

Manukyan was born in Armenia in 2007. His father had him start gymnastics training when he was five years old.[1][2]

Gymnastics career

As a junior

Manukyan competed at the 2022 European Championships where he placed thirteenth in the all-around. During event finals, he won silver on both pommel horse and rings.[3][4]

In late March, Manukyan competed at the 2023 Junior World Championships alongside Erik Baghdasaryan and Mamikon Khachatryan. As a team, they finished fourth, 0.437 points behind third-place Italy. Individually, Manukyan qualified to the all-around, pommel horse, and rings event finals. During the all-around final, Manukyan finished sixth. During apparatus event finals, Manukyan won gold on both pommel horse and rings.[5][6] Manukyan next competed at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival alongside Khachatryan and Robert Gyulumyan; together they won bronze as a team and individually Manukyan finished ninth in the all-around and qualified to the pommel horse and rings event finals. During event finals, he finished fourth on pommel horse despite falling off the apparatus and won gold on rings.

Manukyan competed at the 2024 European Championships where he won gold on pommel horse.[7]

As a senior

2025

Manukyan became age-eligible for senior-level competition in 2025. He made his senior debut at the Cottbus World Cup. Despite qualifying to the pommel horse final in first place, during the final he fell off the apparatus and finished eighth.[8] Manukyan next competed at the World Cups in Osijek, Doha, and Cairo, winning gold on pommel horse at all three.[9]

At the 2025 European Championships Manukyan won gold on pommel horse, becoming the third Armenian to win the title on the apparatus after Harutyun Merdinyan (2016, 2022) and Artur Davtyan (2021).[10] At the 2025 World University Games he once again won gold on pommel horse.[11] Manukyan ended the year competing at the 2025 World Championships where he finished fourth on pommel horse.[12]

2026

Manukyan competed at the 2026 Cottbus World Cup where he finished seventh.[13] Manukyan and the rest of the Armenian delegation were scheduled to compete at the Antalya World Cup; however flight disruptions in the Middle East caused them to be unable to travel to Antalya in time for the competition.[14] Manukyan ended the World Cup series winning gold at both Cairo and Osijek.[15]

At the 2026 European Championships, Manukyan won silver on pommel horse behind Gabriele Targhetta.[16]

Eponymous skills

Apparatus Name Description Difficulty Added to Code of Points
Pommel horse Manukyan Bertoncelj to Davtyan on one pommel F (0.6) 2025 Paris World Challenge Cup[17]

Competitive history

Manukyan (left) at the 2022 European Championships
Competitive history of Hamlet Manukyan at the junior level
Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
2021 Ukraine International Cup3rd place, bronze medalist(s)42nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2022
European Championships12132nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2023
Junior World Championships461st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Youth Olympic Festival3rd place, bronze medalist(s)941st place, gold medalist(s)
2024
European Championships101st place, gold medalist(s)
Voronin Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Christmas Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)
Competitive history of Hamlet Manukyan at the senior level
Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
2025 Cottbus World Cup8
Osijek World Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)
Doha World Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)
Cairo World Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)
World University Games1st place, gold medalist(s)
Paris World Challenge Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World ChampionshipsN/a4
2026 Cottbus World Cup7
Cairo World Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)
Osijek World Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ "Hamlet Manukyan FIG profile". International Gymnastics Federation.
  2. ↑ "Մեծ սպորտի ապագա աստղերը. Համլետ Մանուկյան" [The future stars of big sports:Hamlet Manukyan]. Mediamax news agency (in Armenian). September 20, 2022.
  3. ↑ "2022 European Championships men's results". The Gymternet. August 24, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Hungary's Botond Molnar wins junior all-around, Italy triumphant among junior teams at European Championships". International Gymnast. August 19, 2022.
  5. ↑ "FIG Gymnastics Junior World Championships 2023: All results, scores and medals - complete list". International Olympic Committee. June 27, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Համլետ Մանուկյան․ Շնորհակալ եմ մեր մարզիչներին մեր հաղթանակների համար" [Hamlet Manukyan: I thank our coaches for our victories] (in Armenian). April 18, 2023.
  7. ↑ "2024 European Championships Junior Men's Results". The Gymternet. April 30, 2024.
  8. ↑ "A Cottbus classic: Davtyan, Zhou, Chusovitina magnificent at 2025 FIG Apparatus World Cup opener". International Gymnastics Federation. February 24, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Oceans of talent on display at Osijek World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. April 14, 2025.
  10. ↑ "2025 European Gymnastics Championships: Hamlet Manukyan wins gold, Khachatryan becomes silver medalist". Armenpress. May 30, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Japanese gymnasts head the classes at World University Games". International Gymnastics Federation. July 28, 2025.
  12. ↑ "2025 World Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. October 26, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Kawakami, Kalmykova emerge as multiple medallists at Cottbus World Cup". World Gymnastics. February 24, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Flight Disruptions in Middle East Leave Armenia's Gymnastics Team Unable to Reach World Cup in Turkey". The Armenian Report. March 10, 2026.
  15. ↑ "2026 Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series winners unveiled". World Gymnastics. April 16, 2026.
  16. ↑ "Europei di Zagabria, Gabriele Targhetta vince l'oro al cavallo con maniglie: storico trionfo per l'Italia" [Gabriele Targhetta wins gold on the pommel horse at the European Championships in Zagreb: a historic triumph for Italy]. Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian). August 21, 2026.
  17. ↑ "Newly named elements for Manukyan and Patron". World Gymnastics. January 16, 2026.
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